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Chiropractic Has Role to Play in Easing Lower Back Pain: Study

• Anxious Women May Want to Keep an Eye on Their Bone Health
• Bone Drug ‘Holiday’ May Raise Fracture Risk
• More Doubt Cast on Surgery for Spinal Compression Fractures
• Exercises for Chronic Health Conditions

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Global Variation in Personal Health Care Access and Quality

• Burosumab May Benefit Children With X-Linked Hypophosphatemia
• Regional Anesthesia Tied to Lower Opioid Use in TKA, THA
• Post-Surgical Readmissions Higher Among Homeless Veterans

MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY

April 2018 Briefing - Orthopedics

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Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery

The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in…

The Wrongly Famous in Medical History

In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals…

Massive Recall of Tylenol in USA, UAE and Fiji

Johnson and Johnson is extending the voluntary recall of certain lots of OTC products in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Fiji. This includes Tylenol, Motrin and St. Joseph’s aspirin.

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Great articles. learnt a lot from it.

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