Orthopedics News

• 83% of US Athletes at Tokyo Games Fully Vaccinated Eighty-three percent of US Olympians at the Summer Games in Tokyo are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee's medical chief.
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2021
• She's Not Just an Olympian. She's a Mom More than a dozen elite athletes representing Team USA at the Tokyo Games have another distinction: They're moms.
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2021
• Minorities Less Likely to Receive Specialist Care People of color are less likely than White patients to receive care from surgical specialists, medical specialists, and pulmonary specialists, a new US study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 19, 2021
• Abelacimab Prevents VTE and Bleeding Risk in Knee Replacement A monoclonal antibody that inhibits factor XI effectively reduces thromboembolism risk for knee-replacement patients, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2021
• High Medicaid Claims Denial Affecting Doc Participation: Study Physicians are less likely to take Medicaid patients in states where they lose a higher portion of potential revenue because of denials and billing costs.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2021
• More Olympic Athletes Test Positive for COVID-19 The first signs of COVID-19 within the Olympic "bubble" almost a week before the opening ceremony is a sign of how difficult – and controversial – these Games will be to pull off.
  WebMD Health News, July 19, 2021
• Olympic Athletes Vulnerable to Everyday Health Risks With the Tokyo Olympic Games just days away, COVID-19 has joined the long list of potential health risks to the world's top athletes.
  WebMD Health News, July 16, 2021
• Alert FDA Warns of Potential Mechanical Concerns With MAGEC Devices Mechanical failures and concerns over adverse tissue reactions have been reported with the surgical magnetic rod system, but the FDA says benefits outweigh the known risks.
  News Alerts, July 16, 2021
• Surgery Not Definitively Superior in Many Orthopedic Situations Despite a lack of strong evidence, national guidelines often favor elective surgery for treatment of number of common orthopedic condition that may respond as well to other measures, according to UK researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, July 15, 2021
• Widely Prescribed Meds Ineffective for Low Back Pain? Muscle relaxants do not reduce pain or pain intensity in any clinically meaningful way and may raise the risk of side effects, a meta-analysis finds.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2021
• COVID Cluster at Olympic Hotel as Tokyo Cases Surge A COVID-19 cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic team members are staying raised new concerns about infections at the Tokyo Games.
  Reuters Health Information, July 14, 2021
• Tokyo Governor Vows City's Medical System Is Ready for Games Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said that a sufficient number of hospitals combined with a speed-up in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout among the elderly meant the city will be able to hold "safe and secure" Olympics.
  Reuters Health Information, July 13, 2021
• Do Trans Women Athletes Have Advantages? The Olympics will feature the first openly trans athlete as the debate over trans-women's and -girls' participation in female sports heats up. What rules are in place and what does the science so far say?
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2021
• 'I Did Nothing Wrong:' MDs Used Own Sperm for Fertility Patients Several physicians secretly used their own sperm for their fertility patients. No one knew until years later, when the unaware offspring sent DNA samples to tracing sites. Lawsuits ensued.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2021
• Should the Olympics Be Held? The Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin on July 23 in Tokyo, while the city is in a state of emergency because of an increase in COVID-19 cases.
  Medscape Reader Polls, July 14, 2021
• Talking About Guns: Website Helps Docs Follow Through on Pledge A team of clinicians and analysts at UC Davis developed the BulletPoints resource to guide clinicians in how to have the conversations and what they can do if what they hear requires action.
  Medscape Medical News, July 13, 2021
• Synthetic Meniscus Implant Eases Lingering Pain After Partial Meniscectomy A synthetic meniscus implant provides better relief of lingering pain following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy than nonsurgical care alone, according to data from two clinical trials.
  Reuters Health Information, July 09, 2021
• You Have a Sixth Sense You Probably Aren't Using Yet Dolphins do it underwater and bats tap into this in darkness to find their way. Some people who are blind already use it and scientists say it is only a matter of time before more people learn how.
  WebMD Health News, July 09, 2021
• She Wanted to Be a Doctor. Her Parents Stood in the Way Kathryn Hitchcock's parents did not want her to be a doctor for fear of her growing apart from her roots in a different social and economic class.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2021
• Olympics Host City Tokyo Bans Spectators Amid COVID-19 Emergency The Olympics will take place without spectators in host city Tokyo, organizers said on Thursday, as a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital.
  Reuters Health Information, July 08, 2021