Traction is the use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders and is usually applied to the arms and legs, the neck, the backbone, or the pelvis. It is used to treat fractures, dislocations, and long-duration muscle spasms, and to...

In orthopedic medicine, traction refers to the set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the skeletal system. There are two types of traction: skin traction and skeletal traction. It is largely replaced now by more modern...

At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl music store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers.But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty. They want Vermont to secede...

When the New York Post launched Page Six Magazine in September, the goal was to pump new life and circulation into the Post’s historically anemic Sunday edition, as well as to generate additional profits for the paper. More than eight weeks later, a portrait...