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Report Questions Benefit of FDA Accelerated Approval Pathway

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many of the drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval pathway have not been confirmed as clinically effective, despite the requireme...

Cognitive Decline May Up Bone Loss, Fracture Risk in Older Women

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is a significant association between cognitive decline and both bone loss and fracture risk, independent of aging, in community-dwelling, older women, a...

U.S. Medical Debt High, but Varies Geographically

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The mean amount of medical debt is greater among individuals who live in the South and in ZIP codes in the lowest income deciles, according to a study publish...

#PWChat Recap: Empowering Physicians to Discuss Vaccination With Patients

Jul 30, 2021

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around empowering physicians to discuss vaccination with patients. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transcript h...

Nearly 60 Percent of Adults Report Pain in Past Three Months

Jul 29, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 58.9 percent of adults reported any pain in the previous three months, with 39.0, 36.5, and 30.7 percent experiencing back, lower-limb, and upper-l...

The Impact of Treatment Delay on Malunion and Nonunion After Open Reduction of Mandible Fractures.

Jul 29, 2021

Time to surgical intervention is an oft-investigated potentially modifiable risk factor for complications after mandible fracture. To identify novel risk factors for malunion/nonunion after mandible...

Compression of the Right Atrium and Inferior Vena Cava from an Extrahepatic Biloma Following Liver Trauma.

Jul 29, 2021

A 26-year-old male presented to a Level 1 trauma center following a motorcycle crash. Workup of his injuries demonstrated a grade 5 liver laceration with active extravasation, grade 5 kidney laceratio...

Anatomical fixation of tibial intercondylar eminence fractures in children using a threaded pin with an adjustable lock.

Jul 29, 2021

Tibial intercondylar eminence fractures are a rare pathology causing anterior laxity of the knee, which requires anatomical reduction and a stable osteosynthesis. The aim of this study was to present ...

Effect of physical activity and BMI SDS on bone metabolism in children and adolescents.

Jul 29, 2021

Children with obesity are known to have reduced bone density and are at a higher risk for fractures. This may be caused by decreased physical activity or a metabolic phenomenon. In this study, we eval...

Abelacimab Prevents VTE After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, abelacimab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to factor XI and locks it in the zymogen conformation, is effect...

Survival Up for Multiple Cancer Types for Teens, Young Adults

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer diagnosed at age 15 to 39 years, there has been improvement in five-year relative survival for mult...

Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday."D...

Treatment of a coronal shear injury of the trochlea using a modified hedgehog-based technique through an anterior neurovascular interval approach: A case report.

Jul 26, 2021

Surgical treatment for dislocated trochlear shear injuries is recommended due to its articular nature. However, the surgical exposure is often limited and large cartilaginous fragments with lack of su...

Optimizing the microstructure of a new machinable bioactive glass-ceramic.

Jul 26, 2021

This study aimed to optimize the crystallization process and the microstructure of a new bioactive glass-ceramic (GC) previously developed by our research group to obtain machinable glass-ceramics.Dif...

The Management of Orbital Roof Fractures and Defects: A Review.

Jul 26, 2021

To explore the anatomy, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and classification, current evidence on intervention and the surgical management of orbital roof fractures and defects (ORFD) for oculoplastic surge...

Lateral Wall Implant as an Adjunct to Lateral Wall Orbital Decompression in Severe Thyroid Eye Disease.

Jul 26, 2021

To describe the use of a lateral wall implant as an adjunct in lateral orbital wall decompression in severe thyroid eye disease.This study is a retrospective review of 6 patients who underwent prior o...

Periocular Presentation of Solitary Plasmacytomas and Multiple Myeloma.

Jul 26, 2021

To describe patients with periocular solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (SEMP) and multiple myeloma (MM), together with an estimate of the risk of progression from SEMP to MM.A retrospective case-no...

Relatively Low Rate of Heterotopic Ossification Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Jul 26, 2021

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is abnormal growth of ectopic bone and negatively affects the outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to cha...

Disparities Seen for Racial, Ethnic Minorities in Outpatient Practices

Jul 25, 2021

FRIDAY, July 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Racial- and ethnic-minority patients are underrepresented in the outpatient practices of many medical and surgical specialties, according to a research letter...

2019 to 2020 Saw 1.5-Year Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy at Birth

Jul 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 2019 to 2020, there was a 1.5-year decline in life expectancy at birth in the United States, according to a July Vital Statistics Rapid Release report...

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