1+ week, 3+ day ago   (444+ words) Indiana University of Pennsylvania officials have tapped a former Duquesne University educator to help lead its new College of Osteopathic Medicine, set to open next fall. Clinton Iadanza has been named director of assessment and quality improvement for IUP’s medical…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) Mobile gaming may be taking a physical toll on young people, according to new research that links problematic gaming behaviour with significantly higher rates of pain in the neck, upper back, elbows and wrists. As gaming becomes an increasingly routine…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1700+ words) The innovations that keep college and professional athletes in top form are benefiting the rest of us By Sarah C.P. Williams Illustration by Juan Bernabeu It’s a sunny Saturday in October, and the crowd at Stanford Stadium is roaring as the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (597+ words) NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide range of phone-related pains caused by tired-out tendons and achy…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1140+ words) TURNING 40, Claire Gerring didn’t think too much about the soft bulge growing around her waist, putting it down to ageing. “I put on weight and looked four months pregnant – I thought I’d just got to 40 and it was my middle-aged…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (215+ words) CTS occurs when the median nerve, which passes through a narrow passage in the wrist called the carpal tunnel, becomes compressed. Patients commonly have burning pain or pins-and-needles in their hands. As compression progresses, it can cause motor weakness, loss…...