Using a firearm doesn’t make you tough, and it’s not glamorous. Frankly, we’re appalled by movies and TV shows (except for 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, who appears to have been trained very well by an ...

A condition that keeps people from straightening out their fingers has been connected to diabetes. “Trigger finger,” as it’s called, is when one or more fingers — often a thumb or ring finger — get ...

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population. A study shows that the risk of being affected increases in the case of high blood ...

High A1c levels are associated with the development of "trigger finger" in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, researchers find. Trigger finger, officially called stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Keeping tabs on the weather with the help of a phone application or simply making a fist was almost impossible for 69-year-old Tom Gates until recently. The retired Air Force ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service) -- One of a Soldier's most fundamental and valued skills is the ability to shoot a weapon accurately. In order to do that, several sub-skills are ...

Q. My physician has diagnosed the problem with my thumb as “trigger lock.” He says surgery will correct it. Can you explain this condition and what causes it? –D.E., Carrollton, Va. A. You probably ...

Peter H. Gott, M.D. Dear Dr. Gott: I get trigger finger. This is the third one I have gotten in the past two years. A cortisone shot does nothing, and surgery is the only thing that has helped me. The ...

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population. A study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that the risk of being affected ...