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Orthopedics

Early Identification Cuts Costs for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Jun 14, 2022

TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Early identification and treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy can reduce the total associated financial costs, according to a study published o...

Hospital Interns Spend Only 13.4 Percent of Time in Patient Rooms

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Interns spend only a small proportion of time with hospitalized patients, according to a study published online June 8 in JAMA Network Open.Michael A. Rosen, ...

Spinal Anesthesia Tied to More Severe Pain After Hip Fracture Surgery

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Severe pain is common after hip fracture surgery, and spinal anesthesia is associated with greater pain in the first 24 hours after surgery, according to a st...

Spinal Anesthesia Tied to More Severe Pain After Hip Fracture Surgery

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Severe pain is common after hip fracture surgery, and spinal anesthesia is associated with greater pain in the first 24 hours after surgery, according to a st...

Half of Hospitals Have Implemented No Price Transparency

Jun 11, 2022

FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Few hospitals are fully compliant with price transparency rules, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American M...

New Drug Launch Prices Increasing Exponentially Each Year

Jun 10, 2022

THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Launch prices for new drugs increased exponentially by 20 percent per year from 2008 to 2021, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of...

Actions Against Physician Licenses Due to Substance Use Down

Jun 09, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While actions against physician licenses related to substance use have declined, they remain markedly higher than actions related to physical health, accord...

Walking for Exercise Beneficial for Knee Osteoarthritis in Over 50s

Jun 08, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For adults aged 50 years and older with knee osteoarthritis, walking for exercise is associated with a reduced likelihood of new frequent knee pain and medi...

Deep-Radiomics Models Can Diagnose Osteoporosis

Jun 06, 2022

FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A deep-radiomics approach can be used to diagnose osteoporosis from hip radiographs, according to a study published online May 25 in Radiology: Artificial Inte...

Adverse Event Rate After THA Similar for Female, Male Surgeons

Jun 06, 2022

FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of adverse events within 90 days for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) does not differ according to whether the surgeon performing the ...

Specific Dietary Components in RMDs Moderately Beneficial

Jun 03, 2022

THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is moderate evidence for a small benefit for some dietary components on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), according to research published ...

SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Not Tied to Increased Fracture Risk in CKD

Jun 02, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For older adults, initiation of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor is not associated with higher fracture risk compared with initiation of a...

Hispanic, Black Physicians Underrepresented in the United States

Jun 02, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic and Black physicians are underrepresented in the United States, according to a research letter published online June 1 in JAMA Network Open.Hector ...

Survey IDs Challenges of Health Care Environmental Hygiene

May 27, 2022

THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are considerable challenges associated with health care environmental hygiene (HEH) practices in health care facilities (HCFs) worldwide, according to ...

Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination

May 23, 2022

MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mistreatment and discrimination by patients, families, and visitors are commonly experienced by physicians, according to a study published online May 19 in JAM...

The available evidence on the effectiveness of 10 common approaches to the management of non-specific low back pain: an evidence map.

May 23, 2022

Low back pain is common and remains one of the leading causes of disability globally. This study aimed to develop an evidence map of the quantity of available evidence assessing approaches to manage l...

The effect of corticosteroid injection in the treatment of greater trochanter pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

May 23, 2022

corticosteroid injection (CSI) has been used to treat greater trochanter pain syndrome (GTPS) for many years. However, so far, the efficacy of CSI in the treatment of GTPS is still controversial. Ther...

Increased Flexibility Seen in Preapproval Evidence for New Drugs

May 19, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The characteristics of acceptable preapproval evidence were more flexible for novel drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020, accordi...

Supervised Exercise Program Beneficial for Seniors With Hip Fracture

May 19, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For seniors with surgical repair of a hip fracture, a 12-month home-based, supervised, progressive exercise program improves functioning and physical perfor...

Delays in Care Longer for Female Trauma Patients

May 19, 2022

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Female trauma patients have longer delays in trauma care and an increased likelihood of discharge to long-term care facilities compared with male trauma pat...

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