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Thursday, October 08, 2009 Second Knee Surgery Common Among Young Patients
Young people who have surgery to repair a damaged ACL will likely need additional surgery in the future...

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Can Surgical Masks Protect You From Flu? Maybe
Surgical masks are nearly as effective as N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers...

Friday, September 11, 2009 Splits Form Over How to Address Bone Loss
Osteopenia—bone density that is below what is considered normal but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis—can be a confusing diagnosis, and experts are split over whether patients should begin taking drugs to inhibit bone loss when only in the osteopenia stage

Thursday, September 03, 2009 Research Trove: Patients' Online Data
Researchers and patients with rare diseases are turning to the Internet to connect patients around the world and collect their everyday experiences with their illnesses to help shed new light on diseases not yet fully understood...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Strong Thighs May Mean Less Knee Pain for Women
Stronger thigh muscles may help protect women—but not men—from the pain of arthritic knees...

Thursday, August 20, 2009 Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee
Companies are developing off-the-shelf plugs that are engineered to mimic the composition of human bone and cartilage to use instead of transplanted cartilage when repairing injured knees...

Monday, August 10, 2009 Millions of Children In US Found to Be Lacking Vitamin D
Millions of young Americans have disturbingly low vitamin D levels, which may increase their risk for bone problems, heart disease, and diabetes later in life...

Friday, July 17, 2009 Excess Weight Speeds Up Osteoarthritis
Being overweight can cause a rapid deterioration of knee cartilage, leading to the development of osteoarthritis...

Thursday, July 02, 2009 FDA Panel Recommends a Lower Maximum Daily Dose of Tylenol
A panel of experts assembled by the US FDA has recommended that the daily maximum dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol) be lowered to prevent liver damage...

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Bone-morphogenic protein (BMP) is being increasingly used in the US to stimulate the creation of new bone during spinal fusion surgery, despite higher costs and complication rates...