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Low back pain and stiffness are the hallmarks of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but they may not be the first or only symptoms of this inflammatory type of spinal arthritis.
At least 2.7 million people in the United States have ankylosing spondylitis and related forms of arthritis (axial spondyloarthritis), based on data collected in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009–2010 and published in the journal
The disease can be severe, causing the spine to fuse into a fixed, hunched position, but it can also be less dramatic. Some people with ankylosing spondylitis experience only intermittent periods of mild back pain throughout their life.
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital, home to telehealth expert Rebecca Canino, one of the four health IT leaders in this eighth installment of
Healthcare IT News Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era feature series.
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Lord knows that through the bedlam of the past year-plus there have been countless lessons to be learned in healthcare and health IT. Executives have been facing challenges they ve never had to contend with before. But they ve also been dreaming up creative solutions.
In this newest installment in
Healthcare IT News feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director. They are:
Law & Order: SVU star is now sporting several braces to help her injuries heal.
Taking to Instagram Wednesday to flaunt her new knee brace and boot, Hargitay captioned the snap of her walking out of the hospital, #ThatFeelingWhen, you go to the doctor, get an MRI and find out that you have a broken knee, a hairline fracture in your ankle, and a torn ligament.
The actress shared a photo of her walking out of the Hospital for Special Surgery located in New York City, which specializes in orthopedic surgery.
The Emmy winner then offered some sage advice, telling her 2 million followers, It’s always a good idea to go to the doctor. Immediately.