May 11, 2022

TUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and phthalates appear to be associated with areal bone mineral density (aBMD) in adolescents, according to ...

May 11, 2022

TUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mailed at-home disposal kits increase self-reported opioid disposal rates after common surgical procedures, according to a research letter published online Ma...

May 09, 2022

Since Mohamed et al. analyzed 2326 orthopedic cases in 2002 and believed that the POSSUM formula can be directly used to predict postoperative morbidity and mortality in orthopedic patients, applicati...

May 09, 2022

Functional electrospun membranes are promising dressings for promoting wound healing. However, their microstructure and drug loading capacity need further improvements. It is the first time to design ...

May 09, 2022

Thioacetamide (TAA) is used in various fields, such as synthetic drugs, organic chemical synthesis, and materials chemistry. TAA is mainly used to establish animal liver injury models and other organ ...

May 06, 2022

THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In 2021, 30.0 million people of all ages were uninsured in the United States, representing a small, but not significant, decrease from 2020, according to earl...

May 06, 2022

THURSDAY, May 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A combined unsupervised and supervised machine learning (ML) technique can help predict long-term spinal cord stimulation (SCS) response for patients with chr...

May 04, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for advanced knee and hip osteoarthritis are associated with the risk for knee and hip replacements, according to a study publis...

May 04, 2022

TUESDAY, May 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Statistical shape modeling of ultrasound (US) images of well-centered stable dysplastic hips in infants can predict persistent hip dysplasia (development of Gr...

May 04, 2022

TUESDAY, May 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The transfer of fatty tissue to arthritic finger joints is a safe and promising alternative treatment to conventional surgical procedures, according to a study...

May 04, 2022

TUESDAY, May 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- High-frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) shows longer lasting pain relief than low-frequency (LF) SCS but with some sex-specific differences in effectiv...

May 03, 2022

MONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- State affirmative action bans are associated with a reduction in the percentage of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups at U.S. public medica...

May 02, 2022

To delineate the prevalence and associated risk factors of low BMD, osteoporosis/bone fragility and fracture in transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) in the Chinese population in Hong Kong.A retrosp...

May 02, 2022

The present study aims to introduce a technique combining double reverse traction repositor (DRTR) with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) in the surgical treatment of pilon fractures and ...

May 02, 2022

Osteoblasts and their progenitors play an important role in the support of hematopoiesis within the bone marrow microenvironment. We have previously reported that parathyroid hormone receptor (PTH1R) ...

May 02, 2022

Gaucher disease is a common lysosomal storage disease caused by the deficiency of β-glucosidase enzyme, leading to sphingolipid accumulation in the reticuloendothelial system in Gaucher cells. Clinic...

Apr 29, 2022

FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Racial differences persist across the continuum of care among patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA), according to a study published in the April...

Apr 29, 2022

FRIDAY, April 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with heterosexual students, sexual minority (SM) students have less favorable perceptions of the medical school learning environment, according to a...

Apr 28, 2022

THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Suboptimal treatment of hypothyroidism is associated with worse hospital outcomes, according to a study published online April 26 in the Journal of Clinica...

Apr 28, 2022

THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Coverage for eligible, necessary care is denied each year to tens of thousands of seniors with private Medicare Advantage plans, U.S. federal investigators...