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WISP-2 modulates the induction of inflammatory mediators and cartilage catabolism in chondrocytes.

Feb 13, 2023

Wnt-1 inducible signaling pathway protein 2 (WISP-2/CCN5) is a recently identified adipokine that has been described as an important mediator of canonical Wnt activation in adipogenic precursor cells....

Childhood-Onset Lupus Nephritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry: Short-Term Kidney Status and Variation in Care.

Feb 13, 2023

The goal was to characterize short-term kidney status and describe variation in early care utilization in a multicenter cohort of patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and ...

Positive childhood experiences and chronic pain among children and adolescents in the United States.

Feb 13, 2023

Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) are associated with better mental and physical health outcomes and moderate the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). However, knowledge of th...

Long-acting opioids and cardiovascular diseases: Help or hindrance!

Feb 06, 2023

Opioids are widely being used for chronic pain management, cough and diarrhea suppressants, anesthetic agents, and opioid de-addiction therapy. Opioid receptors, present in the central nervous system ...

[Chinese recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia syndrome].

Feb 06, 2023

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a common clinical syndrome. At present, the lack of epidemiological data from large-sample studies in our country persists, and there are many difficulties in diagnosis ...

Corticospinal and spinal adaptations following lower limb motor skill training: a meta-analysis with best evidence synthesis.

Feb 06, 2023

Motor skill training alters the human nervous system; however, lower limb motor tasks have been less researched compared to upper limb tasks. This meta-analysis with best evidence synthesis aimed to d...

Overweight increases perioperative spinal surgery complications: a single-center retrospective study.

Feb 06, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a person with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25 kg/m as overweight. Being overweight is a lifestyle-related disease; however, little is k...

BML-111 inhibits osteoclast differentiation by suppressing the MAPK and NF-κB pathways, alleviating deterioration of the knee joints in a CIA rat model.

Feb 06, 2023

Irreversible destruction of joints is the hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Osteoclasts are the only bone-resorbing cells and play an important role in joint rebuilding. BML-111 (5(S),6(R),7-trih...

Subacromial Balloon Spacer for Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears.

Feb 06, 2023

Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears (MIRCTs) represent 10% to 40% of cases of rotator cuff abnormality and are challenging to treat. When MIRCTs are unresponsive to nonoperative treatment, surgery ...

NEUROMUSCULAR ADAPTATIONS TO EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED PAIN IN THE LUMBAR REGION: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.

Feb 06, 2023

Experimental pain models are frequently used to understand the influence of pain on the control of human movement. In this systematic review, we assessed the effects of experimentally induced pain in ...

Polygenic Contributions to Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions in a Large Electronic Health Record Sample.

Feb 06, 2023

Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) are believed to share common etiological mechanisms involving central sensitization. Genetic and environmental factors putatively combine to influence susce...

The incidence of new mental health disorders after acute pancreatitis: A large, propensity-matched, observational study.

Jan 30, 2023

The prevalence of acute pancreatitis (AP) and mental health disorders (MHDs) are rising. While the association between chronic pancreatitis (CP) and MHDs is established, it is unknown whether there is...

Prescription opioids and economic hardship in France.

Jan 30, 2023

This paper studies how opioid analgesic sales are empirically related to socioeconomic disparities in France, with a focus on poverty. This analysis is made possible using the OpenHealth database, whi...

Low-dose whole-spine imaging using slot-scan digital radiography: a phantom study.

Jan 30, 2023

Slot-scan digital radiography (SSDR) is equipped with detachable scatter grids and a variable copper filter. In this study, this function was used to obtain parameters for low-dose imaging for whole-s...

The burden of disease-specific multimorbidity among older adults in India and its states: evidence from LASI.

Jan 30, 2023

Around the world, advances in public health and changes in clinical interventions have resulted in increased life expectancy. Multimorbidity is becoming more of an issue, particularly in countries whe...

Modulation of the inflammatory response by pre-emptive administration of IMT504 reduces postoperative pain in rats and has opioid-sparing effects.

Jan 30, 2023

Despite the available knowledge on underlying mechanisms and the development of several therapeutic strategies, optimal management of postoperative pain remains challenging. This pre-clinical study hy...

"I Refused to Get Addicted to Opioids": Exploring Attitudes about Opioid Use Disorder in Patients with Advanced Cancer Pain and their Support People.

Jan 30, 2023

Patients with advanced cancer are commonly prescribed opioids, yet patient attitudes about opioid risks (e.g., opioid use disorder, or OUD) are understudied. Our objective was to use in-depth qualitat...

Outcome class imbalance and rare events: An underappreciated complication for overdose risk prediction modeling.

Jan 23, 2023

Low outcome prevalence, often observed with opioid-related outcomes, poses an underappreciated challenge to accurate predictive modeling. Outcome class imbalance, where non-events (i.e., negative clas...

Analysis of Risk Factors Related to the Efficacy of Foramen Ovale Closure as a Therapy for Migraine.

Jan 23, 2023

This study aimed to monitor the incidence of migraine non-remission after percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure and to discuss relevant risk factors. Recently, evidence of a relationship bet...

Changes in the rest-activity rhythm in migraine patients are associated with anxiety symptoms.

Jan 23, 2023

To characterize rest-activity rhythm in chronic migraine (CM) and to investigate the relationship between this rhythm and depressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with CM.This was a study of adults...

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