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Hands and fingers are complicated. Broken bones and torn tendons don't often have simple fixes.

broken fingers - MD direct

 

BTW, my friend is doing a LOT better. Thanks for the reply a couple weeks ago. He's getting feeling back and walking with only a cane. All lower end bodily functions doing great as well.

 

Good news. It's nice when the body follows what the textbook says should happen.

 

Fans get upset about referee's blown calls. What about docs who don't agree on interpreting tests?

getting the call wrong - MD direct

 

This week's column. A basic update of what we don't know about concussion
concussions; what we don't know - MD direct

 

Ever wonder how this doc watches a football game? Consider this week's column
first aid...first - MD direct

 

This week, it's all because of an ER shift or two
you can pay me now... - MD direct

 

If we just watch Rob Gronkowski week to week, his injuries will teach us plenty about medicine. This week's column is about his collapsed lung
not all collapsed lungs are punctured - MD direct

 

Bruce Arians heads to the ER with chest pain and gets cleared. What that really means. This week’s column:

chest pain...now what - MD direct

 

With the WADA reports about systemic drug abuse promoted by the Russian government, this week's column starts a series as a primer on the use of performance enhancing drugs
the why of performance enhancing drugs - MD direct

 

As promised in my last column on PEDs, a followup on blood doping
blood doping, another PED - MD direct

 

Two quarterbacks, two fibula fractures, but perhaps two different injuries. And reminder that fractured and broken mean the same thing.
fractured, broken, or cracked - MD direct