Feb 05, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A model with 10 predictors can identify persistent high-dose opioid use in the year following total knee replacement (TKR), according to a study published onli...

Feb 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Adjusted excess all-cause mortality in April 2020 varied by race/ethnicity and by state, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affai...

Feb 04, 2021

Much attention has been paid to the evaluation of the efficacy of exercise therapy or increasing physical activity with the aim to prevent or alleviate neck and low back pain. However, exercise adhere...

Feb 04, 2021

Peripheral stent fracture is a major precursor to restenosis of femoral artery atherosclerosis that has been treated with stent implantation. In this work, we validate a workflow for performing in sil...

Feb 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than four in 10 U.S. adults report forgoing medical care early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network ...

Feb 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hip fracture survivors experience notable declines in function and well-being in the first year after a hip fracture compared with peers without fracture, a...

Feb 03, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability, with just over half strongly agreeing that they welcome patients with disability into ...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee who undergo medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) do not undergo total knee replacement (TKR) wit...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine use increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower use in communities with higher rates of poverty, according to a study publishe...

Jan 29, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Routine evaluation for child abuse is recommended for children aged younger than 3 years presenting with rib fractures and for children aged younger than 18 m...

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order to reopen enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces and also signed oth...

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2018, prices for drugs in the United States were 256 percent higher than those in 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compar...

Jan 28, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of U.S. adults see a connection between systemic racism and poorer health outcomes, according to a report released Jan. 13 by the RAND Corpo...

Jan 28, 2021

The use of temporary hip prosthesis made of orthopedic cement (spacer) in conjunction with antibiotics became a widespread method used for treating prosthetic infections despite the fact that this met...

Jan 28, 2021

Although great progresses in the fracture mechanisms and deformation behaviors of cortical bones have been achieved, the effective methods to predict the surface fracture path of cortical bones are st...

Jan 28, 2021

Fracture in polytrauma patients have higher risk of morbidity and mortality compared to those found in monotrauma patients. The ideal approach of orthopaedic injuries is to perform definitive fixation...

Jan 28, 2021

The use of temporary hip prosthesis made of orthopedic cement (spacer) in conjunction with antibiotics became a widespread method used for treating prosthetic infections despite the fact that this met...

Jan 28, 2021

Although great progresses in the fracture mechanisms and deformation behaviors of cortical bones have been achieved, the effective methods to predict the surface fracture path of cortical bones are st...

Jan 28, 2021

Brain and thyroid metastasis from rectal cancer are uncommon, and the prognosis is poor. We report a patient with rectal cancer who developed metachronous lung, brain and thyroid metastases. Each meta...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rachel Levine, M.D., a transgender woman, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department...