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New simulator helps hip replacement patients get back on the road

New simulator helps hip replacement patients get back on the road

Paul Weitzman, 71, had severe arthritis in his right leg, making it difficult to get around, play with his grandkids and do everyday activities like driving.

“It got to a point where I couldn’t even get my leg into my car,” Weitzman said.  “I actually had to lift my leg up to get into my car.”

Now, just two-and-a half weeks out of hip replacement

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Girl shoots basketballs while in a coma

Maggie Meier, a high school basketball player from Overland Park, Kan., has played the game for so long, she has mastered the mechanics of shooting – even while in a coma, The Daily reported.

Doctors told The Daily that, while in a two-and-a-half month long coma, Maggie would cradle a beach ball in her hands and shoot it through the arms of her

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How to reduce your risk of diabetes

How to reduce your risk of diabetes

Diabetes is a huge problem in the United States today, and one that I don't believe is taken seriously enough.  According to statistics by the International Diabetes Federation, 552 million people – that’s one in 10 adults – will have diabetes by 2030.

If correct, that would be a jump of more than 200 million people with type 2 diabetes over two

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Report: Dirty surgical tools in hospitals putting patients at risk

Report: Dirty surgical tools in hospitals putting patients at risk

When 63-year-old John Harrison had surgery to repair his rotator cuff in 2009, he assumed the ordeal would be quick and relatively painless.

Instead, Harrison, who had the surgery performed at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, developed an infection that ate away at his shoulder bone and rotator cuff. The infection led to a lengthy recovery time,

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Health officials warn of mercury in skin cream

California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico.

Health investigators are currently going undercover in some San Francisco Bay Area ethnic

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Panel: Seniors should get whooping cough shots

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A federal advisory panel is recommending that all Americans age 65 and older get vaccinated against whooping cough.

Health officials believe whooping cough is underreported in older adults. But a goal of Wednesday's recommendation is to prevent older adults from spreading the disease to infants, who are

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Ask your doctor? Maybe not

Ask your doctor? Maybe not

The most common recommendation given to people when they are offered information on an herb, a food, or a novel therapy, is “ask your doctor.”

If we are interested in trying out a new antioxidant superfood, acupuncture for pain, or an herb to induce a night’s sleep, we believe we should first make an appointment with a medical doctor and seek their

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Interleaved practice enhances skill learning and the functional connectivity of fronto‐parietal networks

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Woman who eats only pizza at risk for health problems

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A woman who has eaten only cheese and tomato pizza for 31 years has been told she could die unless she quits her bizarre dining habit.

Claire Simmons, of Notting Hill, West London, 33, gags if she puts anything but a plain pizza slice in her mouth.

She also shakes the moment she is presented with any other type of

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