Hospital for Special Surgery is conducting a clinical trial on the usage of MAVERICKâ„¢, an artificial lumbar (back) disc for the treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), a condition of the spine characterized by pain in the lower back, which radiates down to the buttocks and lower legs.
HSS physicians Jo Hannafin, MD, and Scott Rodeo, MD, were named to the U.S. Olympic Committee's Medical Staff for the Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad in Athens, Greece, to support the athletes in the sports of Rowing and Swimming.
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, Chief of the Scoliosis Service received the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2004 Humanitarian Award in recognition of his commitment and dedication to improving the lives of those less fortunate who are in need of musculoskeletal-related care.
New York City's HSS will be recognized on Friday, March 19, by Queen Elizabeth and His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh for the lead role the hospital played in the development of a new orthopedic center in London.
Preliminary research in a study of small laboratory animals suggests that widely prescribed pain medications may possibly delay healing in rotator cuff repair, a common shoulder operation, according to a new study by a team of doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Injuries are common to both professional and amateur athletes alike; however they can often be prevented with proper conditioning. Members of the U.S. Olympic Committee Medical Staff offer advice to weekend warriors and sports enthusiasts on injury prevention.
How do you know whether "growing pains" might actually be an early sign of arthritis or another rheumatic disease? Nearly 300,000 children in the U.S. suffer from rheumatic diseases such as juvenile arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma or Kawasaki disease.
Merck's voluntary withdrawal of Vioxx(r) is causing concern among patients afflicted by a variety of orthopedic and rheumatic conditions. Doctors are available to comment on the Vioxx(r) withdrawal and its implications for patients.
Medical investigators at the Hospital for Special Surgery have identified an important new signaling pathway they believe could be a valuable target for scientists to aim at with future drug therapies that might one day reverse diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus.
Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City have identified a potentially valuable therapeutic pathway for preventing miscarriages in certain lupus patients.
Accomplished orthopaedic surgeon, David M. Scher, MD, has joined the Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.
Highly regarded neurologist and neuromuscular pathologist, Moris J. Danon, MD, has joined Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City as Chief of Neurology.
A top National Institutes of Health researcher predicted that the metallic prosthetic devices currently being used to replace joints in the body destroyed by osteoarthritis and other degenerative diseases will one day be replaced by healthy bone and cartilage tissue.
The Hospital for Special Surgery announced today that it has received more than $10 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund basic and clinical research activities.
Two separate new studies presented at a major medical meeting provide objective scientific evidence that the two most commonly performed cartilage repair techniques are effective at restoring patient mobility and reducing pain.
New imaging technologies are enabling doctors to not only diagnose a variety of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions with more accuracy, but also to determine with unprecedented precision whether clinical recovery from bone, joint or tendon damage is actually complete and not simply a "placebo effect."
The U.S. Patent Office has awarded a patent to the Hospital for Special Surgery for a new type of shoulder joint prosthesis design for the glenoid component aimed at improving stability while maintaining fixation.
HSS gathers essential clinical and DNA data on lupus patients, while easing patients' emotional suffering. HSS Lupus Workshops celebrate 20th anniversary.
Hospital for Special Surgery doctors are available to comment on FDAs approval of Celebrex for Spinal Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Amid concerns of obesity in young people, doctors see another problem"” overdosing on sports. Hospital for Special Surgery offers "˜Back to School' warning signs for coaches and parents.
New research published today in the November 2005 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism should offer hope to the more than two million Americans suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Experts at the Integrative Care Center (ICC) affiliated with Hospital for Special Surgery in New York offer tips on how to keep stress from becoming a holiday tradition.
The demands and responsibilities of the holiday season have the potential to overshadow the fun, leaving you feeling completely stressed-out and vulnerable to medical problems. Experts at the Integrative Care Center in New York City offer tips on lowering holiday stress.
Hospital for Special Surgery sports medicine experts are qualified to comment on medical issues that might arise during the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Medical conditions include sports psychology, injury and medical preparation undertaken before the Games.
Competitive athletes and trainers are attaching more to mental toughness and emotional conditioning according to Jenny Susser, Ph.D., a sports psychologist at Hospital for Special Surgery.
The most common kind of wrist fracture is often caused by a fall onto an outstretched hand and such fractures may result from slipping on ice, as well as skiing and snowboarding injuries. A new approach for fracture repair may offer patients a procedure that would enhance the rate of bone healing and minimize the need for prolonged immobilization.
Leading sports medicine specialist offers health and safety tips for parents and coaches to help prevent injuries this baseball season.
A common running ailment called Haglund's syndrome can be treated with minimal downtime if properly diagnosed. Radiologist Dr. Ronald Adler, chief, Division of Ultrasound and Body CT, and colleagues at Hospital for Special Surgery have used ultrasound technology to both accurately diagnose and potentially relieve the associated pain of this condition.
Postsurgical Rehabilitation Guidelines for the Orthopedic Clinician is the first book of its kind to cover all aspects of evidence-based postsurgical rehabilitation for musculoskeletal disease. The book features easy-to-follow guidelines developed at Hospital for Special Surgery that enable practitioners and students to look up a procedure and quickly see the recommended rehabilitation strategy.
Regardless of gender, generation or income group, more and more people are going to the dance floor for a workout versus a gym. An exercise physiologist at New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery, a leading center for sports medicine, thinks she knows why.
By pinpointing the mechanism through which an intravenous therapy combats chronic inflammatory diseases, researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City have discovered that they may be able to replace the time-consuming infusion therapy with an injection that could be given during a quick office visit.
In the largest study of its kind, surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery have determined that by modifying a classic ligament surgery, they can return more athletes, such as baseball players, to their prior level of competition. The modified surgery repairs a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL), which links and stabilizes bones of the lower and upper arm where they meet at the elbow.
Fractures are a common injury among children, yet the number of pediatric orthopedists trained to deal with the special musculoskeletal problems of children is decreasing nationwide.
Today's clinicians are faced with many challenges and are seeking guidelines on how to care for their sports medicine population. Current Concepts in Sports Medicine will provide an in-depth look at the issues and trends in this ever-changing environment.
Hospital for Special Surgery will host the inaugural meeting of the International Specialty Orthopaedic Collaboratorium. The two-day symposium in New York City will provide international perspective on bone and joint care.
At fourteen, cerebral palsy hampered Anthony's ability to walk. He and his mother feared that he would be confined to a wheelchair. Left with few options, his family turned to Hospital for Special Surgery and Dr. David M. Scher who believed that motion analysis could be used as an additional imaging tool to figure out the best approach to surgery to prevent Anthony from losing his ability to walk.
Certain families produce higher levels of a specific molecule, called interferon-alpha, that primes the body's immune system to turn on, and in some cases initiate an autoimmune attack on itself, according to new research from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.
A new and innovative book for pediatricians is taking a different approach in helping to increase knowledge and understanding in the field of sports medicine. The book applies written information on sports medicine along with video case-based teaching to fully demonstrate the proper ways of diagnosing and treating sports related injuries in young athletes.
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified two new targets for drugs aimed at controlling lupus. If companies are able to develop drugs that hone in on these targets, patients may be able to control their disease with few side effects.
Hospital for Special Surgery foot injury expert explains who is at risk for an aggravating and potentially crippling injury down the road.
This week marks a significant step forward in understanding how lupus works with the online publication of four new studies identifying genes involved in this often debilitating chronic disease. Hospital for Special Surgery rheumatologist Mary Crow has written an editorial in the NEJM where she talks about the importance of the studies and the questions they leave unanswered, along with insights on next steps in lupus research.
Using their best practice methods for infection control and patient care, Hospital for Special Surgery in New York has helped a new British hospital lower their infection rates and average length of stay.
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism may also shed some light on why gene therapy experiments that use adenoviruses to deliver genes to humans have run into problems.
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York hosts the second annual symposium on Current Concepts in Sports Medicine. Top sports medicine thought leaders from across the country gather to discuss new research, clinical guidelines and advances in the field, combining the expertise of rehabilitation staff, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians and laboratory scientists.
The first trimester of any pregnancy is a precarious time, as about 15 percent of women who know they are pregnant will spontaneously miscarry. This risk increases when pregnant women undergo surgery, which is why Hospital for Special Surgery instituted a same-day pregnancy testing protocol.
People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a study published by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery online in advance of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Hospital for Special Surgery physicians, surgeons, rehabilitation specialists, sports psychologist and nutritionist are available for comment during Beijing Olympic games.
In a NEJM study, investigators concluded that arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee provides no additional benefit to optimized physical and medical therapy. In an accompanying editorial, however, Robert G. Marx, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery, points out that the study has some weaknesses and argues strongly that arthroscopy does have a role in some patients with osteoarthritis.
Hospital for Special Surgery researchers have found that statins may be able to prevent miscarriages in women who are suffering from pregnancy complications caused by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), according to a study in mice.
In the not so distant past, women with lupus, an autoimmune disease, were advised not to have children, and if they became pregnant, to have therapeutic abortions to prevent severe flares of their lupus. Research by rheumatologists at Hospital for Special Surgery, in patients with lupus who have had successful pregnancies, is yielding insights that support a reversal of that thinking.
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