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Everybody knows at least one person who's had a broken collar bone. They're among the most common fractures - I've had one myself. You might end up with a bump like mine, or sometimes a bit of pain with certain activities (for me, it's swimming the breastroke). For generations, orthopedists have treated clavicle fractures with little more than a cloth support like a sling. The vast majority healed just fine. There is an operation we can do, putting a metal plate on the bone with screws, but it's not usually necessary...
...Joint Surgery, published a scholarly research paper that compared patients who have had their fresh clavicle fractures repaired surgically with patients who were treated the old way. The researchers (who seem to do a lot of operating on clavicles) found that people who had the surgery actually had less pain and less bump than those treated only with the support. So surgery as the best initial treatment is the researchers' suggestion. That's a conclusion which every orthopedist who has treated these fractures - as well as every patient, understandably nervous about being sliced open - is likely to question...
...Officers were dispatched in response to a report that an individual was refusing to leave another individual alone near Au Bon Pain. Officers arrived, spoke to the two individuals, and report that it was a verbal disagreement...
...every inch of its R rating). There's something odd about the image that you can't put your finger on, until Snyder explains that the dancer was actually performing in a tank of water and was then digitally placed in the scene: "She looks like she's in pain, but she's really just holding her breath. Which works for the scene...
Harvard students should all know that “pain relievers provide high blood pressure risk for men” and recent discoveries in “medieval Islamic architecture [presage] 20th century mathematics.” At least that’s what one would think after looking at my.harvard.edu, Harvard’s ubiquitous web portal, where such information is prominently displayed under the banner “Harvard Happenings.” Indeed, for someone who hasn’t seen the Web site before, the notion that my.harvard, which turns seven years old in just...