Daily Archives: June 12, 2008

Human Factors in Surgery

Fifty years ago, doctors at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., opened the doors to modern open heart surgery using the heart-lung machine. Back then you had about a 50-50 chance of making it off the table. Now you can be 98 percent certain that you’ll survive. But for today’s doctors at [...]

Ankle Sprains

Here’s a question for you: What’s the most common joint injury people can get? It’s an ankle sprain. And as we hear from Edward Laskowski, M.D., a sports medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic, if you do twist your ankle, your chances of re-injuring it are very high unless you make an effort to strengthen it.
 
To [...]