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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
An Oregon researcher suggested that obesity, not work-related strain, is the main cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. In a controversial report in the Journal of Occupational Medicine, the director of the Portland Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation Center found no consistent relationship between the disease and any work activity. However, he did find that obese... »
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
Infectious disease experts cautioned that persons infected with herpes simplex virus must use condoms to avoid transmission of HSV during the three months after initial lesions have healed. When University of Washington researchers followed 306 women for 63 weeks after their first episode of herpes, one in five women with type 2 HSV and... »
Annals Of Internal Medicine
The use of restraints on elderly people may cause more injuries than it prevents, warned a Yale internist after studying nursing-home residents. The researchers followed 397 nursing-home residents who had never been restrained. After one year 3 I % were being strapped into chairs to prevent falling or wandering. But 17% of re strained... »