Jan 08, 2024

Indigenous Elder advisors in Pelican Narrows, a Cree community in Northern Saskatchewan, have indicated that Western pain scales may not be responsive tools for pain assessments within their community...

Jan 05, 2024

For patients undergoing total ankle arthroplasty (TAA), the impact of obesity on outcomes is unclear, according to two studies published in Foot & Ankle International. In the first study, Billy I....

Jan 04, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- People with eye diseases have an increased risk for both falls and fractures when compared with those without eye diseases, according to a study published ...

Jan 03, 2024

TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Despite similar hospital discharge readiness scores, Black patients are less likely to be discharged with home health care (HHC) than White patients, accordi...

Jan 01, 2024

Background Osteoporosis (OP) is a state of abnormal bone quality and architecture that leads to fragility fractures, with lifetime costs reaching 16.27 billion Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR). Methods An el...

Dec 29, 2023

THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most women with osteoporosis want to know their fracture risk, but only half have received this information from health care providers, according to a stud...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For children with achondroplasia, vosoritide is associated with a gain in the change in height Z score from baseline and a mild adverse event profile, acc...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of U.S. medical interns report experiencing sexual harassment, according to a research letter published online Dec. 26 in JAMA Network O...

Dec 25, 2023

The purpose of this study was to explore a systemwide process for assessing components of low back pain (LBP) care quality in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) chiropractic visits using electronic ...

Dec 25, 2023

Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is defined by expansion and accumulation of neoplastic mast cells (MC) in the bone marrow (BM) and extracutaneous organs. Most patients harbor a somatic KIT D816V mutation, ...

Dec 25, 2023

Age-related sarcopenia, resulting from a gradual loss in skeletal muscle mass and strength, is pivotal to the increased prevalence of functional limitation among the older adult community. The purpose...

Dec 21, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for osteoporosis and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) is increased in association with long-term exposure to topical corticosteroids (TCSs), acc...

Dec 20, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Standard artificial intelligence (AI) models improve diagnostic accuracy, but systematically biased AI models reduce this accuracy, according to a study pub...

Dec 18, 2023

Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma is an aggressive sarcoma subtype with poor prognosis and limited response to conventional chemotherapy regimens. Diagnosis can be difficult owing to its variable pr...

Dec 18, 2023

Some typical defects like delamination, fiber fracture, non-uniform resin distribution and springback are inevitable as titanium-based thermoplastic FMLs are formed by general stamping process at elev...

Dec 18, 2023

The long head biceps tendon (LHBT) is presumed a common source of shoulder joint pain and injury. Despite common LHBT pathologies, diagnosis and preferred treatment remain frequently debated. This Sho...

Dec 15, 2023

THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Senior physicians treat fewer traditionally underserved patients than their junior colleagues within the same practices, according to a research letter pub...

Dec 14, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In a cohort of Hispanic adolescents and young adults, plasma perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) exposure is associated with lower bone mineral density (B...

Dec 11, 2023

Daily IGRT images show day-to-day anatomical variations in patients undergoing fractionated prostate radiotherapy. This is of particular importance in particle beam treatments.To develop a digital pha...

Dec 07, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Minorities often feel a deep sense of dread before doctor appointments, and some even try to dress especially well for their visit to try and ward off the ...