Day: May 11, 2011

In the first large trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have shown that estrogen-lowering drugs can shrink tumors and reduce mastectomy rates for patients with stage 2 or 3 breast cancer. Patients with these larger breast tumors…

African Americans are almost four times more likely to lose a limb as non-Hispanic whites, according to the Amputee Coalition. “There are a number of reasons for these disparities,” Charlie Steele, an African American, Amputee Coalition board member and who…

Although most commonly associated with military combat, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur in civilians — with consequences that are just as serious, according to a new review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. PTSD…