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TCT Interview with Roger Daltrey
You recognize him as the iconic voice of the great rock group, The Who, but less well known here in the U.S. is that Roger Daltrey has been honored both in the U.K. and Europe for his outstanding work...
View ArticleTechnological Advancements in Spinal Surgery
About 65 million Americans suffer from back pain. Medical advancements offer several minimally invasive techniques to help alleviate back pain. Technological advancements and medicine evolve together...
View ArticleOrthopaedic Apps
Technology is a lot further advanced than we can keep up with. There are apps for just about everything you can think of. Orthopaedic surgeons find a number of these apps helpful and constantly keep...
View ArticleMenopause and Back Pain
In a study done at the Henry Ford Hospital, postmenopausal women who received a steroid injection for back pain relief suffered greater bone density loss than women who did not receive a steroid...
View ArticleSmoking and Knee Surgery
Recent studies have shown that smoking is not only bad for your health, but also for your recovery or your knee surgery. These studies have shown it greater affects men. Smoking causes them to have...
View ArticleParkinson’s Disease and Physical Therapy
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder that can impede muscle movement. Daily activities can become difficult to do alone as this disease can affect grooming, dressing and other daily life skills. Studies...
View ArticlePractice Makes Perfect
Flight simulators are no longer just for pilots. Neurosurgeons can now use these simulators to rehearse microsurgical procedures. This device is now in use at US Teaching Hospitals and will soon be...
View ArticleWorker’s Compensation Injuries
Of all the injuries that can happen at work, shoulder injuries are the most common. Repetitive motion and heavy lifting all attribute to work-related shoulder injuries. These injuries can be treated...
View ArticleNew Therapy for Parkinson’s Found
People suffering from Parkinson’s are challenged when it comes to basic motor skills as a result of the disease. The Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy has been implanted in 100,000 people...
View ArticleParkinson’s Treatment Leads to Creativity
Prof. Rivka Inzelberg of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler faculty has written a report in the Behavioral Neuroscience journal stating case studies of patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease who have...
View ArticleConsulting With a Physiatrist
A physiatrist is a medical doctor whose expertise is in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R Doctor). They do not perform surgery but use conventional treatments instead. A PM&R doctor...
View ArticlePreventing Back Pain
According to the American Spinal Decompression Association (ASDA), approximately 80% of Americans suffer from lower back pain at a given point in their lives. This can be due to intense manual labor,...
View ArticleAcoustic Neuroma
Acoustic neuroma is a noncancerous tumor that develops in the inner ear. An abundance of Schwann cells, cells that wrap around the nerve fibers, can impede hearing and balance. Symptoms associated with...
View ArticleHypertension Associated with Risk of Brain Tumors
According to a recent study published by the Daily Mail, a British newspaper, adults with high blood pressure (hypertension) are in danger of developing brain tumors. Although hypertension was not...
View ArticleConcussions Often Goes Unnoticed
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that most often occurs in athletes who participate in high-contact sports, like football. According to Medicalnewstoday.com, approximately 3.8 million...
View ArticlerTMS for the Brain
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, has made its mark in the field of neuroscience. According to ScientificAmerican.com, sufferers of chronic pain can experience relief from rTMS,...
View ArticleStudy: Deep-Brain Stimulation Therapy May Help Parkinson’s Patients
Advanced stages of Parkinson’s entail the inability to control one’s own body movements, allowing dyskinesia, tremors and rigidity to take over your life. Medications prove to alleviate the symptoms of...
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Understanding Spinal Injuries Conference Speakers
On March 21, 2013, Dr. Karnasiewicz and Dr. Mushaweh accompanied by Dr. Kenneth Allen of Waterbury Hospital presented, “Understanding Spinal Injuries; a Medical & Legal Perspective, to the...
View ArticleBrain Injury Awareness Month
As the month of March comes to an end, we await 2014 to celebrate Brain Injury Awareness Month once more. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) urges society to participate in spreading...
View ArticleApril 2013: Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Find a cure. A powerful statement for a powerful neurological disease that affects nearly 50,000-60,000 Americans annually, with approximately 10 million sufferers worldwide. It is a devastating...
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