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Orthopedics

Estimated Opioid-Related Costs $14 Billion for Symptomatic Knee OA

Feb 26, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The total lifetime opioid-related costs generated by symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (SKOA) in the United States are $14.0 billion, about half of which can ...

Custom-made polyurethane-based synthetic bones mimic screw cut-through of intramedullary nails in human long bones.

Feb 25, 2021

Intramedullary nails are considered the gold standard for the treatment of tibial shaft fractures. Thereby, the screw-bone interface is considered the weakest link. For biomechanical evaluation of ost...

Injury Patterns in Pediatric Facial Fractures Unique to an Urban Environment.

Feb 25, 2021

This study aimed to define better the clinical presentation, fracture patterns, and features predictive of associated injuries and need for surgery in pediatric facial trauma patients in an urban sett...

New Frontiers of Body Composition in Sport.

Feb 25, 2021

The body composition phenotype of an athlete displays the complex interaction among genotype, physiological and metabolic demands of a sport, diet, and physical training. Observational studies dominat...

Factors Associated With Fracture Risk in Middle Age ID'd

Feb 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Several factors have been identified that increase the likelihood of experiencing a fracture in middle age, including female sex and a low level of leisure-ti...

Pediatric Inpatient Admissions Down During Pandemic

Feb 22, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Inpatient pediatric admissions were down across a wide range of diagnoses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published onl...

Bone health in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Feb 22, 2021

To review the extant literature relating to bone health in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) including both adult and juvenile patients.A PubMed search® identified relevant studies from 19...

Strength Training for Knee Osteoarthritis: High-intensity No Better than Low-intensity

Feb 18, 2021

START: High-intensity strength training over 18 months doesn’t improve pain, joint compressive forces High-intensity strength training over 18 months is not better than low-intensity strength t...

Psychological Methods of Managing Surgical Pain.

Feb 18, 2021

In patients who experience chronic or acute wound pain, analgesic requirements as well as patient-centered and clinical outcomes can be affected by psychological interventions as explored by considera...

30-day mortality after hip fracture surgery: Influence of postoperative factors.

Feb 18, 2021

The 30-day mortality rate after hip fracture surgery has been considered as an indirect indicator of the quality of care. The aim of this work is to analyse preoperative and postoperative factors pote...

A neuroskeletal atlas: spatial mapping and contextualization of axon subtypes innervating the long bones of C3H and B6 mice.

Feb 18, 2021

Nerves in bone play well-established roles in pain and vasoregulation and have been associated with progression of skeletal disorders including osteoporosis, fracture, arthritis and tumor metastasis. ...

Isolation and establishment of skin-derived and mesenchymal cells from south American bat Artibeus planirostris (Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae).

Feb 18, 2021

Animal models represent a crucial tool for biological research, so the establishment of new cultures is fundamental for the discovery of new therapies and the understanding of mechanisms of cell devel...

Dual-crosslinked 3D printed gelatin scaffolds with potential for temporomandibular joint cartilage regeneration.

Feb 18, 2021

A promising alternative to current treatment options for degenerative conditions of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is cartilage tissue engineering, using 3D printed scaffolds and mesenchymal stem c...

[EBV-positive MTX-associated lymphoproliferative disorder and Ig M myeloma in rheumatoid arthritis].

Feb 18, 2021

 An 80-year-old female patient arrived with a pronounced lymphadenopathy and weight loss. 6 years ago she had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. At the time of arrival, she was administered M...

Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

High-Intensity Strength Training No Added Benefit for Knee Osteoarthritis

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- High-intensity strength training does not significantly improve knee pain with osteoarthritis compared with low-intensity strength training or a control cond...

Many Health Care Workers Report Vaccine Hesitancy

Feb 15, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of In...

Supreme Court Should Uphold Affordable Care Act: Biden Administration

Feb 12, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the ...

Sexual-Minority Medical Students Have Higher Burnout

Feb 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a s...

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