A recent study examined the functional and magnetic resonance imaging MRI outcomes in patients who underwent arthroscopic microfracture to treat osteochondral lesions of the distal tibial plafond, which are not as common as talar lesions. The procedure was performed on 31 ankles. After following up...
Is the Affordable Care Act Working?
When Juliana Kessler, 15, broke an arm, a clinic required her mother, Laura Gottsman, to agree to pay for a sling if her insurer refused. Credit Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
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Temple Podiatrist Gabriela M. Yurkanin, has collaborated with Vascular Surgeon, Dr. Eric T. Choi, Director of Limb Salvage at Temple Hospital, Dr. Peter Axelrod, Infectious Disease, Dr. Elias S. Siraj, Endocrinology, and Dr. Roy Steinhouse, Psychiatry. Studies support that a multidisciplinary...
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The federal government today launched a highly anticipated website detailing at least $3.5 billion in financial ties in a five-month period between medical device and drug companies and physicians and teaching hospitals. The Open Payments websiteis the first public repository of national data...
SF Chronicle opposes Prop. 46 as “flawed,” “misdirected” and “decidedly cynical”