Bone, Joint and Muscle News
- Pack the right summer shoe for your summer vacationJun 19, 2018
- Summer is here and if you’re ready to jump in feet first, be sure you’re wearing the right shoes. Dr. Ronald Lepow offers tips on finding the right shoe for different types of summer vacations.
- Podiatrist helps teachers put ‘best foot forward’Aug 22, 2017
- Dr. Ronald Lepow says teachers should be sure to include comfortable shoes on their shopping lists.
- Change in protein production essential to muscle functionAug 14, 2017
- Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have shed light on the process that guides the maturation of newborn muscles into adult, fully functional organs.
- Paper highlights risk for triceps tendon ruptures in athletesJul 11, 2017
- Sports medicine expert Dr. Theodore Shybut highlights the need to be aware of the potential risk of tendon ruptures after the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics.
- Research shows bone-building protein can be used in therapyJun 19, 2017
- The WNT1 ligand has previously been identified in bone disease, but its role in bone homeostasis, its cellular source and targets in bone have only just recently been identified.
- Weight loss, exercise can reduce frailty in obese older adultsMay 17, 2017
- Researchers find that weight loss plus combined aerobic and resistance training provided greater improvement in physical function and reduction of frailty in older obese adults.
- Knee cracking, popping could be early sign of osteoarthritis May 4, 2017
- A new study says cracking and popping sounds in the knee might be early predictors of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.
- New technique tests therapies for breast cancer metastasis Apr 21, 2017
- A new laboratory technique can rapidly test the effectiveness of treatments for life-threatening breast cancer metastases in bone.
- Get your wrist in gear to avoid golf injuriesApr 6, 2017
- Hand and wrist expert Dr. Thomas Hunt says wrist injuries are one of the most common types of golf injuries.
- Genetic driver behind rare skeletal dysplasia condition foundMar 6, 2017
- Researchers have identified a previously unimplicated gene behind a particular form of chondrodysplasia, a skeletal dysplasia that affects cartilage formation and causes disproportionate short stature and premature osteoarthritis.