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Rheumatology Workforce Increased 20 Percent From 2009 to 2019

Mar 15, 2024

THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The overall number of clinically active rheumatology providers grew more than 20 percent during the last decade, according to a study published online Feb...

Girls With Obesity More Likely to Have Musculoskeletal PCP Consult

Mar 14, 2024

WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Girls with obesity are more likely to visit their general practitioners (GPs) for musculoskeletal symptoms at ages 4 and 6 years, according to a study pu...

Black Americans Undergo Carpal Tunnel Surgery Less Often Than Whites

Mar 14, 2024

WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- African Americans undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome at a lower rate than their White counterparts, according to a study published in the March i...

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients Often Have Severe Residual Paresthesia

Mar 12, 2024

MONDAY, March 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Just under half of patients (45 percent) with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) show severe residual paresthesia one year after surgery, according to a...

Elimination of Extended-Release Opioids Can Improve Outcomes After TKR

Mar 12, 2024

MONDAY, March 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Elimination of extended-release (ER) opioids in the multimodal medication regimen of total knee replacement (TKR) patients can improve outcomes, including r...

Pheochromocytoma-induced myocardial infarction: A case report.

Mar 11, 2024

The pheochromocytoma is an uncommon endocrine neoplasm that originates from chromaffin cells and causes significant cardiovascular effects through the intermittent or sustained release of catecholamin...

Degradable biomedical elastomers: paving the future of tissue repair and regenerative medicine.

Mar 11, 2024

Degradable biomedical elastomers (DBE), characterized by controlled biodegradability, excellent biocompatibility, tailored elasticity, and favorable network design and processability, have become indi...

Multiple myeloma initially manifesting as a solitary deep ulcer on the tongue: a case study and literature review.

Mar 11, 2024

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant disease associated with clonal plasma cell proliferative disorder, characterized by extensive infiltration of clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow, for which a p...

Modified gastro-soleus turn-down flap for chronic or neglected achilles tendon ruptures.

Mar 07, 2024

Achilles' tendon chronic rupture is a common entity that is usually misdiagnosed or mistreated. Hence, she was presented to us later or with complications affecting her gait. Surgical resection is nee...

Comparison of outcomes after total hip arthroplasty between patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head in Association Research Circulation Osseous stage III and stage IV: a five-year follow-up study.

Mar 07, 2024

No large cohort study has evaluated the surgical outcomes of THA between different stages of ONFH patients. This study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of ONFH patients who underwent THA in ARCO...

Residential Greenness Tied to Increased Bone Density, Lower Osteoporosis Risk

Mar 07, 2024

WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Residential greenness is associated with higher bone mineral density and a lower risk for incident osteoporosis, according to a study published online Mar...

Prevalence of Arthritis in U.S. Adults 18.9 Percent in 2022

Mar 04, 2024

FRIDAY, March 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The age-adjusted prevalence of adults with arthritis was 18.9 percent in 2022 in the United States, according to a February data brief published by the Natio...

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Feb. 12 to 16

Mar 04, 2024

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from Feb. 12 to 16 in San Francisco and attracted approximately 30,000 participants from around the world. The conference h...

Current and Emerging Techniques in Articular Cartilage Repair.

Mar 04, 2024

Osteochondral lesions (OCL) of the knee are a common pathology that can be challenging to address. Due to the innate characteristics of articular cartilage, OCLs generally do not heal in adults and of...

Bone biochemistry in children with fractures presenting with non-accidental injury.

Mar 04, 2024

In cases of fractures in children with suspicion of non-accidental injury (NAI), biochemical markers of calcium homeostasis should be performed.To describe the pattern of biochemistry in children with...

Yoga Can Effectively Treat Chronic Low Back Pain

Feb 29, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Tele-yoga asana might have a positive impact on pain intensity in women with chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online Feb. 21 in...

Electric Bike Injuries, Hospitalizations Increased Significantly in Recent Years

Feb 26, 2024

FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of electric bicycle (e-bicycle)-related injuries, particularly head injuries, has surged in the United States since 2017, according to a resear...

Let's settle the controversy-gelfoam is a safe intravascular embolic agent.

Feb 26, 2024

A 2021 safety alert restricted endovascular gelfoam use in Australia and resulted in an embargo on gelfoam sales to IR departments. This study aimed to show that gelfoam is safe in a population of tra...

Pathological fracture treated with total femoral replacement in a case of chondrosarcoma involving the entire-length femoral shaft.

Feb 26, 2024

We here present a case of chondrosarcoma of the diaphysis of the femur with extensive involvement of the length of the bone and with the pathological fracture at the mid-shaft level. Total femur repla...

Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Seen in Women With HIV

Feb 23, 2024

THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Accelerated epigenetic aging is seen in women with HIV versus women without HIV, according to a study published online Feb. 15 in the Journal of Infec...

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