Nov 21, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for treatment of chronic pain in the back and/or lower extremities is associated with greater improvements in pain compared ...

Nov 20, 2024

TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Colchicine fails to improve knee pain, function, or size of synovial effusions with painful knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study presented at the ...

Nov 20, 2024

TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the risk for emergently treated hypocalcemia with denosumab increases with worsening CKD stage, according to...

Nov 19, 2024

MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For children with achondroplasia, oral infigratinib does not result in major safety signals and yields increased annualized height velocity and z score at a ...

Nov 19, 2024

MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Gabapentinoid use is associated with an increased risk for hip fractures, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in JAMA Network Open.Miriam T.Y....

Nov 13, 2024

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing primary total hip replacement (THR), the rate of revision varies by type of material used in the bearing surface, according to a stu...

Nov 13, 2024

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Virtual yoga classes may be a feasible, safe, and effective treatment option for chronic low back pain (CLBP), according to a study published online Nov. 1 ...

Nov 05, 2024

MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Patient-reported symptom information allows radiologists to achieve near-perfect diagnostic agreement with clinical experts for interpretation of lumbar spine...

Nov 05, 2024

MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Institutional leaders consider policies about late-career physicians (LCPs; physicians working beyond age 65 to 75 years) to be successful, according to a stu...

Nov 01, 2024

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Total hip replacement results in superior reduction in hip pain and improved hip function at six months compared with resistance training among patients ag...

Nov 01, 2024

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with obesity and knee osteoarthritis, once-weekly semaglutide yields greater reductions in body weight and pain related to knee osteoarthri...

Oct 30, 2024

TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Many Medicare beneficiaries are at risk for financial hardship from the costs of a single hospital stay, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in th...

Oct 28, 2024

Interleukin 11 (IL-11), a member of the IL-6 family of cytokines, has roles in haematopoiesis, inflammation, bone metabolism, and craniofacial development. IL-11 also has pathological roles in chronic...

Oct 24, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices.The a...

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Acupuncture results in less pain and better function for patients with chronic sciatica from a herniated disk, according to a study published online Oct. 14 ...

Oct 14, 2024

To assess the costs and efforts of maintenance therapy following implant treatment with fixed restoration over an observation period of 10 years.This randomized controlled clinical trial included 64...

Oct 14, 2024

This study was aimed to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients with intercondylar fractures of the humerus treated with orthogonal and parallel plating methods via precontoured pla...

Oct 14, 2024

Retrospective Cohort Study.Low bone mineral density (BMD) is a known risk factor for revision surgery in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). Hounsfield units (HUs) on CT scans have been sugges...

Oct 09, 2024

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Liposomal bupivacaine is not associated with significant improvement in postoperative pain or function or hospital length of stay following hip hemiarthropla...

Oct 03, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Falling is independently associated with an increased risk for subsequent dementia diagnosis among older adults, according to a study published online Sept...