NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There is a health alert for people addicted to texting on their smartphone, which pretty much means almost everyone under the age of 30. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez explained, all ...

Medical alert: Your thumb has not yet evolved to the point where it can make the same repetitive tapping gesture over and over and over again for several hours at a time. PIX11 brings us word that ...

ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - We are constantly typing, texting, scrolling, swiping. And Emory orthopedic surgeon Dr. Eric Wagner, who specializes in hand, elbow and shoulder surgeries, says we may be ...

What do politicians, massage therapists, musicians, card dealers, carpenters, cooks and painters have in common? They use their thumbs and twist their wrists a lot and commonly have pain at the base ...

A California man required surgery after tearing a tendon in his thumb during six week "Candy Crush" binge while between jobs. • Saints' Keenan Lewis wants to buy fans new jerseys The JAMA Internal ...

A 29-year-old man suffered a torn tendon in his left hand from playing Candy Crush Saga for nearly two months straight, according to a group of San Diego doctors writing in the medical journal JAMA ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -De Quervain tenosynovitis is caused by inflammation in the tendons or in the tendon sheath that runs along the thumb side of the wrist. This syndrome can cause pain along the ...

Hand and Upper Limb Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Alejandro Badia with Tips on this Condition Affects Hand, Wrist and Offers Prevention Tips. De Quervain's tenosynovitis is characterized by inflammation and ...

TORONTO – A California man ruptured a tendon in his thumb after playing smartphone game Candy Crush non-stop for over a month. According to a case study in the Journal of the American Medical ...

De Quervain tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb. Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. De ...