Orthopaedics Experts & Viewpoints

Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Commentary, May 2008
Retirement May Be Hazardous to Your Health Retirement may be hazardous to your health.
Commentary, May 2008
Last Call for Performance Enhancers: Richard Pound on Major League Baseball, the Olympics, and Gene Doping The Major League Baseball Players Association was outrageous in its refusal to cooperate in the course of the Mitchell investigation.
Expert Interview, May 2008
Regional Anesthesia, Compression, and Aspirin Is the Safest Form of Prophylaxis for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Regional anesthesia, compression, and aspirin is the safest form of prophylaxis for hip and knee arthroplasty.
Commentary, May 2008
Underutilization of Thromboprophylaxis in Patients With Heart Failure Gregory Piazza, MD, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, discusses how poorly many hospitals are preventing deep vein thrombosis.
Expert Interview, April 2008
MRI Is the New Gold Standard for Excluding Cervical Spine Injury in Patients With Blunt Trauma MRI is the new gold standard for conclusively excluding cervical spine injury in patients with blunt trauma.
Commentary, April 2008
Why Less Radiology May Be Better Radiology: Tom Dehn's State of the Imaging Union, Part 2 The primary cause of inappropriate use of imaging is nonclinical patient demand: people who don't really need a study such as an MRI for a minor complaint but ask for it anyway.
Expert Interview, April 2008
Recovery PVCs During Treadmill Testing Tied to Heart Disease George D. Lundberg, MD, explains that PVCs do matter.
Commentary, April 2008
Why Less Radiology May Be Better Radiology: Tom Dehn's State of the Imaging Union, Part 1 At a time when technology is expanding options, and the excitement about and use of diagnostic imaging is increasing, radiologists may be losing their dominance of the field.
Expert Interview, April 2008
A Question of Priorities in the Treatment of Breast Cancer M. Carolina Hinestrosa, MA, MPH, Executive Vice President, Programs and Planning, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Washington, DC, gives a cautionary challenge on proper use of ESAs.
Commentary, April 2008

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According to a recent study, authors inconsistently disclose and journals inconsistently publish conflicts of interest. The study authors say it is difficult to tell whether authors intentionally fail to disclose a conflict or journals are not asking for or not publishing it. Do you think the disclosures in most journals are or are not reliable?

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Orthopaedic Injuries Caused by Wheeled Shoes A study published in the June 2007 issue of Pediatrics looks at injuries from Heelys and street gliders.
Commentary, October 2007

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