Questions To Ask Your Doctor

Don't leave your health care provider's office until all of your concerns are addressed. Your relationship with your doctor, including how well you talk with each other, affects your care. A good relationship  where you and your doctor share information and work together to make the best decisions about your health  will result in the... Continue Reading →

History of Avascular Necrosis/Osteonecrosis 

250 plus years and still no one can explain how we exactly get Osteonecrosis  1st described in 1738 by Alexander Munro  https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo1741monr James Russell first described osteonecrosis in 1794, between 1829 and 1842 Jean Cruveilhier, the noted French anatomist, recorded gross deformation of the femoral head as a late complication of trauma, presumably as a... Continue Reading →

Daylight Savings Time Friend or Foe

I personally  wish they would stop the time change On the East Coast it's March 12th 2017 The purpose of daylight saving time is to sync people's lives with the sun. It's that time of year again. On Sunday (March 12), most Americans will wake up only to realize they've lost an hour of their... Continue Reading →

If Not Us Who?!

It's Up to You and Me We Have a Responsibility to Raise Awareness  for AVN and all Rare Diseases  I have been thinking a lot about this lately it's a great honor and huge responsibility. As someone living with a rare disease/ disorder like Avascular Necrosis/Osteonecrosis. There are days I feel pretty good and sometimes... Continue Reading →

Osteonecrosis Español

Datos Importantes La osteonecrosis puede producir dolor agudo y discapacidad, al igual que la artritis. El diagnóstico y tratamiento tempranos podrían mejorar el resultado. La osteonecrosis podría producirse debido al uso de glucocorticoides (algunas veces denominados corticosteroides) o por tomar demasiado alcohol. Si bien la osteonecrosis puede producirse en prácticamente cualquier hueso del cuerpo, las... Continue Reading →

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