Shock wave therapy useful for stress fractures
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NEW YORK  - Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), a noninvasive technique that uses sound waves to stimulate healing, is an effective way to treat resistant stress fractures in athletes, according to a report of five cases in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - Osteopathic treatments can help   reduce the frequency, but not the intensity, of tension-type   headache, new findings hint.
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Scientists are working on a technique to repair fractures using a patient's own stem cells.
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A few lucky people in need of a break from their stress got a chance at some of unconventional therapy. A Spanish hotel chain planning renovations at one of its Madrid locations offered 30 "highly stressed out people" &#151; selected by a team of psychologists &#151; the chance to take up sledge hammers and battering rams and smash through its rooms Tuesday.
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Earthquake simulators can reduce post-traumatic stress in people who have survived the real thing, a study suggests.
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In a study that could change the way hip fractures are treated, doctors have discovered that giving the Novartis osteoporosis drug Reclast can prevent later fractures and helps patients live longer.
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Research into the causes and treatment of repetitive strain injury is urgently needed, experts say
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Advances in treatment of horrific battlefield injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan that have saved the lives of many U.S. soldiers who would have died in previous wars may yield valuable techniques for treating civilian trauma victims, military doctors said.
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NEW YORK  - Several types of nonpharmacologic treatment, including physical exercise, relaxation training, and acupuncture can provide long-lasting improvements for patients with chronic tension-type headaches, physical therapists in Sweden report.
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A few lucky people in need of a break from their stress got a chance at some of unconventional therapy.
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US scientists show how the body's own natural stress hormone could soothe post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Scientists develop an electronic device to test for serious head injuries.
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An experimental Procter & Gamble antiarrhythmia drug significantly reduced the number of painful and unpleasant shocks to patients with implanted defibrillators in a late-stage clinical trial.
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The Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved the use of electrical stimulation of bone growth - a decades-old technology - to improve the success rate of spinal fusion
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Juicing up the body's blood supply with the Johnson & Johnson drug Procrit can reduce the risk of death in critically ill trauma patients by nearly 60 percent, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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An expert panel said Thursday that it was unclear which treatments could help combat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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By Mari A. Schaefer, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 25--Hooked up to tubes and monitors, a metal brace drilled into his skull to immobilize his broken neck, Frank Burd worried how his students would fare on state tests next month now that he could not be there to help them.