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DocTalk

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by DocTalk, Jan 27, 2007.

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    Shoulder separations are graded 1,2 or 3 based on the relationship of the acromium (part of th shoulder blade) and the clavicle or collarbone. Unless you're looking to throw a major league curveball or a 40 yard spiral, most separations heal on their own with no surgery needed. There can be a cosmetic defect wit ha bump at the joint but otherwise there isn't much to do except keep the shoulder girdle muscles strong and maintain range of motion.

    In active young patients with a type 3 separation, surgery is a potential option but non-operative treatment is still most commonly recommended. Elite athletes are handled differently because of the stress they place on the shoulder joint.
     
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    Latest DocTalk column on Blackmon's drunk driving issues http://ow.ly/bpwbH now featured by Amy Dickinson on the ask Amy website http://ow.ly/bpwha

    Plus add Viking's Jerome Felton to the NFL DUI list
     
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    Planning to fail, it's why there are relief pitchers and pinch hitters... same need for strategy in medicine for intubating patients
    http://mddirect.org/blog/index.php?%2Farchives%2F282-planning-to-fail...intubating-patients.html
     
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    Travel and work have delayed the weekly sports and medicine blog at www.MDdirect.org Mea culpa...but the latest column for Amy Dickinson about ER waiting rooms has just been posted: http://askamydaily.com/patients-being-patient

    Thanks for the readership and support.

    Cheers,

    Ben
     
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    It may not be a sport but Jeopardy is close enough. Alex Trebek has a minor heart attack? Is a minor MI really possible? This week's column asks and hopefully answers that question.
    http://mddirect.org/blog/index.php?/archives/283-minor-heart-attacks.html
     
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    Red Sox Clay Buchholz survived a GI bleed and is now home recuperating. A special Wednesday column is ready to read

    http://mddirect.org/blog/index.php?/archives/284-gi-bleeding.html
     
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    Jared Sullinger is a victim of physicians' inability to stand by their physical exams and patients' demands for some sort of test to confirm clinical diagnosis. This week's column talks about why MRI is not perfect.

    http://mddirect.org/blog/index.php?/archives/285-when-hi-tech-goes-wrong.html
     
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    This week's column talks about steroids, the legal kind, used routinely to treat patients of all ages.
    www.MDdirect.org/blog
     
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    Extra column this week talks about Dillon Gee and arterial clots in his pitching arm.
    http://ow.ly/c9wbX
     
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    Who hasn't hit a wall when upset. Kyrie Irving wishes he had a do over. More about hand fractures in this week's column

    http://ow.ly/cgqfm
     
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    NY Med may be a ratings star for ABC but at the cost of many patients' privacy. This week's column for Ask Amy
    http://askamydaily.com/privacy-does-matter
     
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    With the weight of the Aurora shootings weighing heavily, I couldn’t write about sports this Monday. This week’s column talks about gunshot wounds.
    http://mddirect.org/blog/index.php?/archives/289-gunshot-wounds.html
     
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