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Mean Cost of Bringing New Drug to U.S. Market Is $879.3 Million

Jul 03, 2024

TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The mean cost of developing a new drug for the U.S. market is estimated to be $879.3 million when both drug development failure and capital costs are consider...

Exercise + GLP-1 RA Effective for Weight Loss While Preserving BMD

Jun 28, 2024

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with obesity, without diabetes, combining exercise with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), liraglutide, is effective for w...

Pediatric Surgical Opioid Prescribing Concentrated Among a Few Procedures

Jun 27, 2024

WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric surgical opioid prescribing is concentrated among a small number of procedures, especially tonsillectomy and/or adenectomy, according to a study...

Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Surgical Outcomes Between Three Types of Modified Muscle-Sparing Laminoplasty and Conventional Laminoplasty for Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.

Jun 24, 2024

Retrospective cohort study.This study aimed to compare postoperative pain and surgical outcomes of open-door laminoplasty (LP) and three types of muscle-sparing laminoplasties, namely unilateral muscl...

Intra-articular Monoiodoacetate Induces Hip Joint Osteoarthritis and Decreases Pain Threshold in Animal Model

Jun 21, 2024

This study aimed to validate alterations in the gene expression of DNA methylation-related enzymes and global methylation in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) and synovial tissues of animal...

Heavy Resistance Training Offers Lasting Benefit for Seniors

Jun 20, 2024

WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- One year of heavy resistance training (HRT) yields long-lasting benefits for older adults at retirement age, according to a study published online June 18...

Lower psoas mass indicates worse prognosis in percutaneous vertebroplasty-treated osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.

Jun 17, 2024

The correlation between lower psoas mass and the prognosis of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the impact of lower psoas mass on the...

Adverse Effects of Medical Treatment Increasing Worldwide

Jun 13, 2024

WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The burden of adverse effects of medical treatment (AEMT) is increasing, with the proportion of all cases accounted for by the increasing rates seen in old...

USPSTF Recommends Osteoporosis Screening for Women Aged 65 Years and Older

Jun 12, 2024

TUESDAY, June 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for osteoporosis for women aged 65 years and older and for postmenopausal women younge...

USPSTF Recommends Exercise Interventions for Seniors at Risk for Falls

Jun 05, 2024

TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends exercise interventions for preventing falls in community-dwelling older adults at risk for falls ...

Exercise + Pain Education No Boost for Chronic Pain After Knee Replacement

May 30, 2024

WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Neuromuscular exercise and pain neuroscience education do not provide superior pain and function outcomes versus pain neuroscience education alone in patie...

2007 to 2019 Saw Increase in Inflation-Adjusted Health Care Spending

May 30, 2024

WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- From 2007 to 2019, there was an increase in inflation-adjusted health care spending, largely due to increasing contributions to premiums, according to a re...

Prognostic factors of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: A nationwide survey in Japan.

May 27, 2024

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (iHES) is a condition wherein persistent hypereosinophilia associated with end-organ damage occurs without any known causes. Due to the rarity of the disease, ins...

Arm Fat May Predict Spinal Fracture Risk

May 21, 2024

MONDAY, May 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Arm fat may predict risk for spinal fracture, according to a study presented at the annual European Congress of Endocrinology, hosted by the European Society ...

Radiomics Features Can Identify Destabilizing Meniscal Tears

May 17, 2024

THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Radiomics features can help identify incident destabilizing meniscal tears, according to a study published online May 15 in the Journal of Orthopaedic Resea...

Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Has Fewer Complications

May 16, 2024

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) is associated with fewer complications but higher average total cost than conventional TKA (cTKA), accordin...

Worse Outcomes Seen for Severe Bilateral Hip OA in Adult Spinal Deformity

May 16, 2024

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD), those with severe bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) have worse outcomes, according to a study published onl...

Biomechanical changes in the proximal femur before and after removal of femoral neck system.

May 13, 2024

As an innovative internal fixation system, FNS (femoral neck system) is increasingly being utilized by surgeons for the treatment of femoral neck fractures. At present, there have been numerous finite...

Video-Only Noninferior to In-Person Therapy After Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty

May 03, 2024

THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For upper-extremity function after thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthroplasty, video-only therapy (VOT) is noninferior to in-person therapy (IPT), according to...

Report Details Nonfatal Traffic-Related Pedestrian Injuries Presenting to the ED

May 03, 2024

THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The overall visit proportion for emergency department visits involving pedestrian injury is 45.62 per 100,000 emergency department visits, according to resea...

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