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Basketball Top For Injurious Sports

...knee,’ said Tonino. ‘The result can be a sprain or tear of the ACL.’ Slightly bending the knees and hips when landing will reduce injury risk. ‘When playing basketball and volleyball, position the buttocks as if one was about to sit down in a chair, rather than standing upright,’ he said. ‘Players also ...

Arthritis of the Knee Can be Helped by Exercise and Mobility

... this weight-bearing joint that undergoes wear and tear with age. Oseoarthritis of the knee is by far the commonest problem related to the joints in the aging population of the world. The knee exercises advocated include walking, stationary cycling and strength training Self help area and educationa...

Slow Down Budhia, Warn Medical Experts

...od sugar levels. He further warned that periosteal tear on the bones could result is severe injuries, at a later age, probably, by age 15. Das, who is to fly to London on May 15th for a marathon, however dismissed fears about Budhia's health, challenging the medical panel report. 'I have no reason to be...

Save Budhia - The Indian Wonder Kid

... and tendons. In stress fracture, the ligament can tear of, drawing with it small pieces of bone. These injuries are very painful and do not show up on X-rays. Budhia ran the 65 km in the summer heat. Although he started in the morning he finished around midday when the Cuttack temperature was soaring a...

Medical Students Go On A Strike Over Quota System; Demand To Meet Arjun Singh

...near his residence by police who resorted to using tear gas. Meanwhile, the Resident Doctors Association is holding a meeting to decide on what action to take in view of the new quota system, "We have not arrived at a decision but a meeting is on," said Sumir Sethi, the President of the Association. S...

Women Afflicted With Dry Eyes As They Approach Menopause

...itions such as lacrimal gland disease that affects tear production, or conditions that decrease corneal sensation, such as LASIK eye surgery, long-term contact lens wear and diabetes," said Dr. Jeffrey P. Gilbard, of the Harvard Medical School. He said that the best approach to treat it was to use eye dro...

Dry Eye Is A Symptom Of Menopause

...ourth of all office visits. Caused by insufficient tear production or excessive tear evaporation, dry eye can be a mild, episodic feeling of discomfort associated with certain circumsta...

New Drug For Treating Chronic Shoulder Pain

...RI to diagnose soft tissue and bony pathology or a tear in the rotator cuff. The 602 patients who comprised the study population were broken up into three groups. One group received five injections of the drug over six months. A second group received three injections, followed by two saline injections, ...

Loyola’s Tips On How to Avoid Basketball Injuries During March Madnes

...ino said that one of the most common injuries is a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which joi...with knees locked together was another way the ACL tear could occur, “Preventing ACL tears is worth the time required for training and exercise,” said Tonin...

Feast Of The East a gastronomic tour-de-force

...ia. Pause a moment, sip your jasmine tea and then tear into the wickedly tempting deserts. Start with Pollamai Loy Kew - fresh seasonal fruits and citrus sesame jelly in jasmine scented ice syrup and work your way up to Fantasies of the East that a platter-full of shaped soufflé, chocolate coated walnuts...

Exercise Can Strenghten Knee Cartilage

...h a history of surgery for a degenerative meniscus tear within the past 3 to 5 years. Subjects were randomly assigned to either an exercise group or a control group. The exercise group was enrolled in a supervised program of aerobic and weight-bearing moves, for 1 hour, 3 times weekly for 4 months. At the...

New Hereditary Bone Joint Disorder Identified

...use extensive bubbling of the cartilage leading to tear off from the bone. This results was from a case study in which the father and all his three children were suffering from the disorder. Degenerative disorders of the hips was found in all the three children’s and in their factors causing exposure of...

Wisdom Teeth: To Be Or Not To Be?

...you that it is your wisdom tooth that is trying to tear your gum and take its rightful place in your mouth, but it would be better to get it removed. Now here is a dilemma if any. How can you consent to get a tooth removed and that too one which has not yet erupted? Your dentist is right, says a recent ...

Researchers Begin Study To Find Out If Angioplasty Can Be Safely Done In Smaller Hospitals

...use, in rare instances, the procedure has led to a tear in a vessel or closing of an artery rather than opening it. The risk that angioplasty patients will need emergency heart bypass surgery is less than 1 to 2 in every 1,000 cases. In the Hopkins-led study, conducted by the Cardiovascular Patient Outc...

Mini motor for micromedical applications

...nd forefinger, but those only slightly larger will tear the skin and draw blood. “Initially, our applications for these motors are aimed at medical uses,” says Dr. Kenji Uchino, professor of electrical engineering. Some of these applications include specialized urinary catheters and endoscopic instrument...

New contact lens materials

... better for the eye than soft because they promote tear exchange, which washes out debris and allows more oxygen to reach the eye. For the past 20 years, ophthalmologists have warned the public against wearing contact lenses overnight because it could make them more susceptible to eye infections....

Obesity can lead to knee damage

...e three tiomes more likely to have a knee ligament tear than people with normal BMI (20 or more), while th...mage to their knees. Of the 850,000 knee ligament tear operations performed in US annually, 450,000 operations are done on overweight or obese people alone...

Ways to handle ugly toenails

...ng nails. Wearing roomy shoes which avoid wear and tear of the toenails also helps in reducing thickening of the nails....

Evading sports injuries

...ost injuries were due to inflammation and wear and tear aggravated by overuse. Biking, skiing, tennis and skating were the highest-risk activities. To stay safe, always remember to warm up and cool down before and after your exercise session. You also need to pace yourself - the goal is 30 minutes or mo...

Lethal Heart Condition linked To Cocaine Use

...hormones that can cause quick rise in BP. This may tear the lining of the vessel, which can allow blood to enter and rip it even further. The dissection may stop blood from reaching critical organs, or even cause the aorta to rupture. Researchers reviewed hospital charts looking for cases of aortic diss...

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