according to local guidelines With the exception of uncomplicated tuft fractures, refer all fractures to a hand surgeon for evaluation, ideally within a week of injury; bite wounds, open fractures, ...

A hip fracture, also called a broken hip, is a common injury. In the United States, hip fractures are the most common broken bone that requires hospitalization; about 300,000 Americans are ...

Resident Surgeon, Boston City Hospital. From the Wards of the Second Surgical Service, F. B. Lund, M.D., Chief of Service.

Used to make cooking spatulas, takeout boxes and kitchen peelers, black plastic made headlines after a study last year claimed that the material contained toxic flame retardants which could be ...

PEORIA, Ariz. — Padres manager Mike Shildt said the line drive that hit Padres pitcher Cole Paplham in the face on Sunday resulted in fractures. “They’re working through all the concussion ...

Plastic packaging can have substantially smaller environmental impacts—including 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions—compared to other packaging materials, according to a new study. The findings ...

When Sophie Ottaway was born a boy in 1986, a rare birth defect meant that doctors pushed for immediate surgery that would alter her gender from male to female, warning her mother and father that ...

With a case of shin splints, the pain often occurs over a broad area and can progress to a stress fracture, a pain that usually gets worse as you run and persists in a more localized smaller area ...