Healthcare News
Throwing injuries in young baseball players: Is there something we are not considering?
Source: Medical Xpress
Sports medicine doctors are seeing an increase in injuries to the throwing arm in youngsters, and many of these require surgery. Most worrisome is that the risk for developing a throwing injury was shown to increase by 36 times in adolescent pitchers who continued playing with a fatigued arm.
Hand that sees offers new hope to amputees
Source: MedicalNews Today
A new generation of prosthetic limbs which will allow the wearer to reach for objects automatically, without thinking - just like a real hand - are to be trialled for the first time.
