Blood pressure: these widely used arm positions increase the risk of poor results
Some commonly used methods of positioning the patient's arm during blood pressure examinations may result in overestimation of blood pressure. ...
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Fracture: having a lot of fat in the arms is a bad sign
Fat accumulation in the arms indicates a risk of spinal fracture. THE ESSENTIAL “Surprisingly, we identified for the first time ...
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Vaccine: Changing arms for each dose can boost immunity
The immune response can be increased fourfold when people alternate arms when given a multiple dose vaccine. THE ESSENTIAL Switching ...
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Unusual: more and more human beings have an extra artery in the arm
© shutterstockAnatomy mini-lesson. In our forearm, the blood circulates inside two arteries: the radial artery (this is the one we ...
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Pain in the left arm: a sign of myocardial infarction?
Arm pain can be a sign of a myocardial infarction… What to do in case of doubt? Explanations. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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The patient had lost his limbs in an electrocution: a double arm and shoulder transplant performed in Lyon
The intervention, which lasted 15 hours, was carried out on a 48-year-old Icelander who had lost both his arms following ...
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Cardiovascular health: the ability of men to do push-ups would be an indicator
Men who can't do more than 40 push-ups at once have a much higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The ...
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Doctor, I feel like a lump under my arm
Carolina: I wonder what's wrong with me, doctor. Yesterday before putting on my deodorant, I mechanically touched my armpit and ...
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Babies born without arms: a family files a complaint against X
For the first time in the so-called armless babies case, the parents of a little boy born in Ain in ...
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Shoulder fracture: wearing a simple sling gives the same results as surgery
Researchers have found that using an arm sling for three weeks gives the same results as shoulder surgery.The latest study ...
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A new touch-sensitive, thought-guided prosthetic arm
Biomedical engineers are developing a prosthetic arm for amputees that responds to the patient's thoughts and can sense touch through ...
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Amputation: soon prostheses driven by phantom limbs?
French researchers have developed a prototype arm prosthesis capable of detecting the movements of a phantom limb, that is to ...
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Babies born without arms: three new cases detected in the Bouches-du-Rhône
Three little girls were born without arms in June, August and November 2016 in the Bouches-du-Rhône, around the Etang de ...
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Babies born without arms: 11 new cases identified revive the controversy
11 additional suspected cases of children born without arms or forearms in Ain have been identified by Public Health France. ...
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Babies born without arms: whistleblowers will be fired
Emmanuelle Amar, general manager of Remera, and her entire team, were called to an interview prior to dismissal on December ...
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Babies born without arms in Ain: Public Health France against Remera
Seven children were born without arms or without hands between 2009 and 2014 around the village of Druillat, in Ain. ...
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Ain: several children born without arms or without hands in the same village between 2009 and 2014
In the village of Druillat, in Ain, seven children were born without arms or without hands between 2009 and 2014. ...
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From tennis arm to texting neck
Shoulder and neck complaints in a row Man is by nature a hunter. But times are changing and today we ...
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After eating raw seafood, this man had to have his arm amputated
© NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINEA fever and excruciating pain developed in the left hand of a 71-year-old Korean man, ...
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Is there a brace for my ‘double’ tennis arm?
Sometimes I suffer from tennis elbow, then again from a golfer's arm. Is there one brace for both problems? Joris ...
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Brain implant: a quadriplegic regains the use of his arm
The 04/22/2016 A young American, quadriplegic since 2010 after an unfortunate dive that broke his blow, has managed to regain ...
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Breast cancer: lifting weights would reduce the risk of lymphedema in the arm
January 7, 2011 - Women treated for breast cancer have a 35% to 70% lower risk of developing lymphedema in ...
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Does your arm hurt? Choose a better mouse!
Touchpads and touchscreens (such as with tablets) are becoming more and more fashionable, but many people are still used to ...
Read moreStretched arm crunch
You use your abs more often than you think. In fact, there is almost no movement that does not involve ...
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