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  High-Volume Hospitals Improve Orthopedic Outcomes, Study Finds

  February 18, 2011 — Patients who undergo elective orthopedic surgeries at high-volume, regional hospitals have better surgical outcomes and experience fewer complications than those who undergo those surgeries at local ... > full story
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  Biomarker Could Make Diagnosing Knee Injury Easier, Less Costly, Othopaedists Say

  February 16, 2011 — A recently discovered biomarker could help doctors diagnose a common type of knee injury, according to a new ... > full story
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  Treating the Aging Knee as an Organ

  February 14, 2011 — Researchers suggest that viewing the knee as an organ in the same way doctors examine the heart for heart disease could lead to better therapies for treating osteoarthritis, one of the five leading ... > full story
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  Robot Therapy Can Improve Arm, Shoulder Mobility After Stroke

  February 10, 2011 — Robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation, can improve upper extremity mobility in stroke patients with paralysis on one side. Patients with severe paralysis were ... > full story
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  Shoulder Function Not Fully Restored After Rotator Cuff Surgery, Follow-Up Study Finds

  January 16, 2011 — Shoulder motion after rotator cuff surgery remains significantly different when compared to the patient's opposite shoulder, according to new study. In a study that updated prior findings, ... > full story
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  A Robot With Finger-Tip Sensitivity

  December 22, 2010 — Two arms, three cameras, finger-tip sensitivity and a variety of facial expressions -- these are the distinguishing features of the pi4-workerbot. Similar in size to a human being, it can be employed ... > full story
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  Africa Has Two Elephant Species, Genetic Analysis Confirms

  December 21, 2010 — By comparing the DNA of modern elephants from Africa and Asia to DNA extracted from two extinct species, the woolly mammoth and the mastodon, researchers have concluded that Africa has two -- not one ... > full story
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  Stress and Neck Pain More Common in Women Than Men

  December 6, 2010 — Neck pain is more common in women than men, irrespective of occupation or age. Stressed young women develop more neck pain than their male counterparts. Women also perceive everyday life to be ... > full story
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  Researchers Use Patient's Own Blood to Treat Hamstring Injury

  November 30, 2010 — Researchers in London say they have found an effective two-part treatment for microtears in the hamstring: injections of the patient's own blood and a steroid along with "dry-needling," in which ... > full story
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  First Successful Salivary Stone Removal With Robotics

  November 18, 2010 — Doctors report the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a 20mm salivary stone and repair the salivary duct of a patient. Giant stones have traditionally ... > full story

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