Orthopedics
Jan 07, 2021
In 2016, the ICRP launched Task Group 103 (TG 103) for the explicit purpose of developing a new generation of adult and pediatric reference computational phantoms, named "mesh-type reference computati...
Jan 07, 2021
AIDS is a disease caused by a chronic infection of HIV. Recently, long-term control of HIV infection has been demonstrated through the bone marrow transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), in...
Jan 06, 2021
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Abnormalities of trabecular and cortical microarchitecture are associated with skeletal complications in the six months following spinal fusion surgery, accor...
Jan 06, 2021
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report publis...
Jan 05, 2021
MONDAY, Jan. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The cumulative three-year incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is 2.8 percent in cancer patients receiving zoledronic acid for metastatic bone disease (...
Jan 04, 2021
Spinal injuries can be divided into contusions, sprains of intervertebral joints, their dislocation and also damage to ligaments and muscles attachment, and fractures. Typical injuries of the cervical...
Jan 04, 2021
We report the electron microscopy-based analysis of the major lateral tooth of the limpet Colisella subrugosa during early and intermediate stages of development. We aimed to analyze the structural re...
Jan 04, 2021
The promising prospects of proximal fibular osteotomy (PFO) as an alternative treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), which has gained popularity in recent years, has yet to be systematically evaluate...
Jan 04, 2021
It is well known that breast cancer (BC) patients often suffer from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). However, it is not always recognized that they have higher risk of falling, dizzi...
Jan 04, 2021
The association between neighborhood environments and health outcomes has long been recognized, but the importance of environmental factors is less well examined in osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to gi...
Jan 04, 2021
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder where multiple cytokines including IL-17A and IL-17F produced by T helper cell 17 (Th17), contribute to its pathogenesis. By initiating inflammatory...
Dec 31, 2020
Vertebral fractures are the most common type of osteoporotic fracture and can increase morbidity and mortality. To date, the guidelines for managing osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) are limited...
Dec 31, 2020
Cutibacterium (formerly Proprionibacterium) acnes is a commensal, gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacillus that resides in the dermis. Historically thought to be a contaminant when identified o...
Dec 31, 2020
The challenging issue that still remains for reverse sural flap is the withstand of the flap against time, the width of coverage area, and the donor site morbidity such as pain after the medial or lat...
Dec 31, 2020
Recovering DNA from modern incinerated bones can be challenging and may require alteration of routine DNA extraction protocols. It has been postulated that incinerated bones share some similarities wi...
Dec 31, 2020
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Strong evidence supports that excessive activation of B cells plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of RA. Fc gamma receptor b (FcγRIIb)...
Dec 31, 2020
Liver metastasis has not been sufficiently evaluated in lung cancer so far. We retrospectively analyzed the distant metastasis of Non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSQ-NSCLC), including liver m...
Dec 30, 2020
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The "true" cumulative incidence of dislocation after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) may be as high as 3.5 percent, according to a Danish study publishe...
Dec 30, 2020
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A stepped exercise program results in modest improvements for symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in the Annals of...
Dec 30, 2020
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there have been inequities in accessing telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open...