A Better Way to Treat Ankle Fractures

A new type of plaster cast might help older adults avoid ankle fracture surgery

Saturday, October 22, 2016 Follow Us         Featured Better Way to Treat Seniors' Ankle Fractures? A new type of plaster cast might help older adults avoid surgery for unstable ankle fractures, researchers say. 'Older adults -- those over 60 -- are suffering an increasing number of ankle... Read more ...  News Cartilage From Nose Used to Repair Bum Knees Using cells from the cartilage in patients' noses, Swiss doctors have successfully made patches to treat 10 adults whose knee cartilage was damaged by injury. Two years after the transplants, most... Read more ... Clots May Be the Cause of Fainting in Some Elderly When elderly adults suffer a fainting spell, a blood clot in the lungs may be the culprit more often than doctors have realized, a new study suggests. Italian researchers found that among 560... Read more ... Exercise May Help People Who Already Have Memory Loss Older people who have memory and thinking problems may get a slight benefit from exercise, a new study suggests. People who exercised showed some improvement on a test of thinking and... Read more ... Health Tip: Risk Factors for Malnutrition Certain risk factors make you more prone than others to malnutrition, which doesn't necessarily come from lack of food. It's possible to be obese and not get enough nutrients (malnourishment)... Read more ... Senior Health Center MedicineNet's Senior Health Center gives you all of the tools necessary to maintain a healthy body and mind as you age. Get access to various senior health topics, slideshows, quizzes and medications for reference. This important topic area guides seniors through the stages of their life, as well as learning the conditions and diseases that may occur. Educating yourself for transitions into different phases of life is key to a healthy, happy, and productive life. Read more ... Health Tools   Picture Slideshows   Quizzes   Health & Living   Pinpoint Your Pain   Medical Word of the Day   More Newsletters   Diseases and Conditions   Medical Picture of the Day   MedicineNet Home