About one-third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not see eye to eye on the most important health conditions to manage, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Medical School. While both groups frequently ranked diabetes…
Day: February 16, 2010
Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Correction Leads to Lower Surgical Rates and Less Revision Surgery
Clubfoot affects one in a thousand babies born in the United States, but with proper corrective treatment and follow-up, infants born with clubfoot can have feet compatible with an active, normal lifestyle. A new study in the February 2010 issue…
Social Security Adds 38 New Compassionate Allowance Conditions
Commissioner of Social Security, Michael J. Astrue, announced that the agency is adding 38 more conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowances. This is the first expansion since the original list of 50 conditions – 25 rare diseases and 25…