Oct 23, 2023

THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Amazon announced Wednesday that it has started to test drone deliveries of prescription medications, delivering drugs to consumers' doorsteps within an hour...

Oct 23, 2023

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who use wheelchairs are nearly three times more likely to experience hospital readmission following total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) versus individual...

Oct 23, 2023

Distal femoral fractures are a significant injury sustained by low- and high-energy trauma. Common treatment practices are lateral locking plate or intramedullary nail fixation, with disadvantages inc...

Oct 23, 2023

Despite widely varying techniques, coracoclavicular (CC) stabilization after traumatic, unstable acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocations shows notable rates of perioperative complications, radiograp...

Oct 23, 2023

In arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, poor tendon quality, medially based tears, lateral tendon loss, or limited tendon mobility can all preclude the use of double-row suture constructs, presenting a c...

Oct 19, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Side-by-side utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) are associated with significantly more severe hand injuries than all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), according to a s...

Oct 19, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of vancomycin to cefazolin prophylaxis is not superior to placebo for prevention of surgical site infections in patients undergoing arthroplas...

Oct 18, 2023

MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The drugstore chain Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due largely to competition and thousands of lawsuits for its role in allegedly filling unlaw...

Oct 18, 2023

TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Factors associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been identified and include having older siblings and childhood tonsillectomy, according to a study ...

Oct 16, 2023

FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A tentative deal has been reached between Kaiser Permanente and its 75,000 health care workers following a three-day strike last week."The frontline health ca...

Oct 16, 2023

Multi-metatarsal fractures are a particular type possibly associated with worse functional outcomes. Existing studies are scarce, fragmented, and lack control for confounders. This study aimed to expl...

Oct 16, 2023

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in clinical remission tapered Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapy according to a clinical guideline. During 2-years' follow-up, we aimed to inv...

Oct 16, 2023

The aim of this study was to evaluate medium- to long-term outcomes and complications of the Stanmore Modular Individualised Lower Extremity System (SMILES) rotating hinge implant in revision total kn...

Oct 16, 2023

To evaluate the effectiveness of micro-osteoperforation (MOP) on the rate of piezocision-aided canine retraction (CR).The split-mouth study included 25 participants at the stage of commencing CR. The ...

Oct 13, 2023

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy of the shoulder, there is no benefit for ultrasound-guided lavage with a corticosteroid injection or fo...

Oct 13, 2023

THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 21.2 percent of U.S. adults had diagnosed arthritis from 2019 to 2021, with most cases among adults aged 45 years and older, according to rese...

Oct 09, 2023

FRIDAY, Oct. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The physician burnout rate in the United States is increasing, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open.Marcus V. Ortega, M.D., from M...

Oct 09, 2023

To compare postoperative isometric quadriceps strength indices (QI%) and hamstring strength limb symmetry indices (HI%) between partial thickness quadriceps tendon (pQT), full thickness quadriceps ten...

Oct 09, 2023

Aseptic loosening of prostheses is a highly researched topic, and wear particle-induced macrophage polarization is a significant cause of peri-prosthetic osteolysis. Exosomes derived from bone marrow ...

Oct 06, 2023

THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Sarcopenia is associated with adverse outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) in patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC), according to a study published...