Giving a hand

04.11.2013                      01.Kislew.5774                      Rosch Chodesch 2

Gesundheit & Forschung:

Giving a hand

A disabling orthopedic condition called Erb’s palsy caused – rarely – during childbirth is becoming even rarer due to better medical teaching, methods and awareness.

Thanks to major medical discoveries, technological innovation and improved doctor training, many serious and even devastating conditions are now much less common than they were only a decade or so ago. For example, permanent damage from strokes has been minimized; the birth and even conception of severely defective fetuses have been prevented; and clogged coronary arteries are cleaned up to reduce damage and deaths from heart attacks….