Orthopedics News

• At Least 1 Year on Bisphosphonates Needed for Fracture Prevention It takes 12.4 months of bisphosphonate therapy to prevent one nonvertebral fracture per 100 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2021
• AMA: Congress Needs to Stabilize Medicare Payments to Docs Medicare physician fee spending fell $13.9 billion, or 14%, across all states and specialties amid pandemic; further cuts could hurt nation's doctors, says organization.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2021
• Medical School Gives Students $10K COVID Relief Holiday Gift Ahead of the winter holidays, Meharry Medical College gave its students $10,000 each from COVID relief funds in the hopes they'll use it for their education instead of a shopping spree.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2021
• LeBron James Enters NBA COVID-19 Protocols 'We still have to find ways to win,' Davis said. 'We can't let that affect us. Obviously, he's a huge part of our team. But we've played a huge amount of games without him. So we kind of know how that is already.'
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• 10 Changes to Keep Clinicians in the Workforce in a Pandemic Doctors make checklist of low-cost action items to start addressing a wave of providers leaving medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• Celebrity Surgeon Dr Oz Announces Run for Senate Seat The TV host is running as a Republican in Pennsylvania; race is to succeed retiring Senator Pat Toomey.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2021
• RSNA 2021 Cooled RFA Treats Chronic Pain After Knee Replacement More than 10 months after the treatment, patients reported reduced knee pain and stiffness.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2021
• Wearable Fitness Trackers Could Detect COVID Before You Do Scientists designed an algorithm that detected 4 out of 5 infections in a new study.
  WebMD Health News, November 30, 2021
• Support for Early Surgery in Older Adults With Primary Hyperparathyroidism Parathyroidectomy is associated with a lower risk of fracture compared with nonsurgical management among older adults with primary hyperparathyroidism, a new study indicates.
  Reuters Health Information, November 29, 2021
• Telehealth Exercise and Diet Programs Curb Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis In patients with knee osteoarthritis, telehealth-delivered exercise and diet programs are superior to electronic health information for reducing pain and improving function, a randomized trial shows.
  Reuters Health Information, November 29, 2021
• 4 in 10 Fractures in Breast Cancer Patients Are Pathologic In a large cohort of women with advanced breast cancer, about 40% of fractures were cancer-related, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 26, 2021
• Study Finds Healthcare Lacks Female Leadership, Opportunities Although they represent a slight majority of the US population and a large majority of the medical workforce, women are underrepresented on healthcare leadership teams, a new study finds.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2021
• Did Prior Authorization Refusals Lead to This Patient's Death? Physicians are being forced to delay or deny patient treatments while fighting for authorization from insurers. This delay could endanger patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Strong Opioids Not Necessary After Fracture Surgery For patients who have undergone fracture surgery, pain reduction can be achieved as effectively with acetaminophen plus codeine as with opioids, an Australian study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2021
• Short-Acting Opioids Needed for Withdrawal in Hospitals: Experts The short-acting drugs can complement methadone and buprenorphine to help patients get faster relief and help patients stay in the hospital to help with long-term management, say authors.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• Anatomical Cookie Cutters Sweeten Medical Coffee Breaks Looking for a fun holiday treat for your team? Anatomically accurate cookie cutters might bring out smiles when you all gather for a coffee break or a holiday party.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Show No Benefit in Knee OA Platelet-rich plasma injections for mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA) show no improvements in pain, function, or cartilage structure, compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2021
• Breast Cancer History Promotes Vertebral Fracture Risk Vertebral fractures were more often cancer-related in women with initial stage III or IV breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Vosoritide for Children With Achondroplasia Injection improves growth in children aged 5 years and older with the most common form of dwarfism.
  FDA Approvals, November 22, 2021
• During Pandemic, Malpractice Cases Drop Slightly: Survey COVID-19 seems to have had some effect on the number of lawsuits and how long it takes to get through one, but for the most part, not much has changed, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2021