Orthopedics News

• Factor XI Inhibitors: Promise of a Safe Anticoagulant? The quest for an anticoagulant that can prevent cardiovascular events without bleeding is something of a holy grail in cardiovascular medicine. Could factor XI inhibitors be the long-sought answer?
  Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2023
• What Potential Does AI Offer for Endocrinology? With its vast complexities, endocrinology could notably benefit from AI -- once wrinkles are ironed out.
  Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2023
• Information Underload: Device Tracking Seen Falling Short Missed opportunities abound to spot risks with implantable devices. Physicians said identifiers should be included in electronic health records and claims for payment.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• Does Continuity of Care Affect Outcomes After Arthroplasty? Patients who have had multiple primary care clinicians are more likely to visit the emergency department after hip or knee replacement surgery than those with a single clinician.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
• From Sci-Fi to Reality: Robotic Surgery's 'Exciting' Time Driving the technology forward are advances in materials science and AI, plus patient benefits like shorter recovery times and less pain.
  WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
• Don't Ask Patients for Donations, ACP Says Clinicians should avoid involvement in grateful patient fundraising, according to a new report from the American College of Physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2023
• Are Ketogenic Supplements the Key to Healthy Aging? The NIH has funded the first trial of ketone supplements in the elderly to investigate their potential impact on a broad range of measures that affect strength, cognition, and activities of daily living.
  Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2023
• CV Disease, Drug Abuse Big Contributors to Mortality in AS Congestive heart failure and renal disease were the strongest contributing comorbidities to mortality in hospitalized patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2023
• Patients With Rheumatism Have Premature Immune System Aging Researchers have studied how the T-cell aging process translates into metabolic reprogramming of the T-cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2023
• Are Vitamin D Levels Key to Canagliflozin's Fracture Risk? Study findings suggest that patients be screened for vitamin D deficiency before starting SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, or they should simply be prescribed vitamin D supplements.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2023
• Diagnosing Pediatric Forearm Fractures: Radiograph or Ultrasound? A study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) supported using ultrasonography for the initial diagnostic imaging of suspected pediatric forearm fractures and reserving radiography for follow-ups and diagnosis that lead to cast immobilization.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2023
• The Top Tax Breaks That Physicians Use Physicians told us which tax deductions they most often use when preparing their annual tax return.
  Medscape Medical News, September 19, 2023
• Alert FDA OKs LimFlow for Serious PAD, Reroutes Blood Via Veins The transcatheter stent-like device diverts arterial flow to the lower-extremity venous system to treat 'no-option' patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2023
• Steroid Bridging in RA Gets New Support, but Concerns Remain At issue is whether patients with early RA should be temporarily treated with glucocorticoids in order to provide rapid relief.
  MDedge News, September 13, 2023
• Universal Monovalent COVID Vaccines Backed by CDC With COVID hospitalizing about 17,000 people a week in the US, according to the CDC, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted nearly unanimously in favor of new XBB-containing shots.
  Medscape Medical News, September 12, 2023
• 12 Steps to Closing Your Practice Without Problems Practice management consultants share advice for closing your practice that can prevent headaches later on.
  Medscape Medical News, September 12, 2023
• Colchicine Still Needed in Allopurinol Up-Titration Strategy Patients taking colchicine had fewer gout flares than did those taking placebo for the first 6 months, but the number of flares evened out between the two groups over a 12-month period.
  Medscape Medical News, September 11, 2023
• Burned Out? Your Employer's Response May Surprise You Burnout affects more than half of physicians, but when they ask their employers for help, the level of support offered varies widely. One Colorado doctor's experience may serve as a cautionary tale.
  Medscape Medical News, September 08, 2023
• Fracture Risk Factors Described in Ankylosing Spondylitis Individuals with a history of fracture were five times more likely to develop an additional fracture.
  Medscape Medical News, September 07, 2023
• 20 Best Places for Doctors to Retire: 2023 Where would you like to retire? Find out which places have the "secret sauce."
  Medscape News Slideshows, September 07, 2023
• Treating Fractures in Older Patients: Beyond Broken Bones Though half the fracture-prevention battle is getting people diagnosed with low bone density, nearly 80% of older Americans who suffer bone breaks are not tested or treated for osteoporosis.
  MDedge News, September 06, 2023
• As MOC Debate Heats Up, Cardiology Societies Weigh In The MOC process is once again under attack by cardiologists and other specialty physicians. A petition aiming to end the requirements has garnered more than 17,000 and counting signatures.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• Innovations in Pediatric Chronic Pain Management The most important development in chronic pediatric pain has been the growth of rehab centers that include the medical team, practitioners from psychology, and occupational and physical therapy.
  MDedge News, August 01, 2023
• Vegetarians at Higher Risk of Hip Fracture, Study Finds Both men and women who follow a vegetarian diet had a 50% greater risk of hip fracture compared with those who regularly ate meat, research suggested.
  Medscape News UK, August 01, 2023