Orthopedics News

• Daily Show's Trevor Noah Sues NYC Hospital, Surgeon Complaint says failure to follow generally accepted "standards of care and treatment" left Noah "sick, sore, lame and disabled." Hospital says allegations are "meritless."
  Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2021
• Pandemic Relief Spurs National Health Spending to Record Level 2020 "like no other year" in the history of national expenditure, notes report author, given COVID-19 response.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Upadacitinib (Rinvoq) for Psoriatic Arthritis The approval of upadacitinib 15 mg for adults with psoriatic arthritis is the second indication for the JAK inhibitor after it was first approved for rheumatoid arthritis in 2019.
  FDA Approvals, December 15, 2021
• Califf Plans Work on Opioids, Accelerated Approvals on Return to FDA In emphasizing the need for continued efforts to address risks of painkillers, Biden's FDA nominee cites his relatives' experience in getting 30-day opioid prescriptions after minor surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2021
• Amputees Lost in the COVID-19 Shuffle For the 500 Americans who get amputations every day, the procedure is not the end. Living without a limb is more physically demanding and places a great deal of strain on the heart.
  WebMD Health News, December 10, 2021
• Surgeries Rebounded During Height of COVID Surgeries dropped by 48% in initial pandemic shutdowns, but were back to 2019 levels by the fall of 2020 as centers adapted.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2021
• Biologically Enhanced ACL Repair Now Commercially Available Some orthopedic surgeons remain 'intrigued but skeptical.'
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2021
• Alert AHA, AMA Sue Federal Government Over Surprise Billing Law Associations seek to block the implementation of a federal plan that tilts heavily toward prevailing rates for payments in settling disputes on surprise medical bills.
  News Alerts, December 09, 2021
• Put Aside Toys, It's Time to Ask Santa for Crutches and Catheters As hospitals juggle holiday COVID surges and all their other patients, the global supply chain crisis has left them short of critical healthcare supplies.
  Kaiser Health News, December 09, 2021
• Electrocuted by 11,000 Volts, Now a Triple Amputee…and an MD As a teenager, BJ Miller lost three limbs after being electrocuted. Read about his amazing journey to become a physician.
  Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2021
• Peripheral Manifestations Influence Spondyloarthritis Trajectory A longitudinal observational study finds differences in disease burden and activity according to presence of peripheral manifestations.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2021
• Video Teleconferencing as Good as In-Person for Some Conditions Video teleconferencing works best for monitoring patients with chronic conditions, according to the author of a new paper.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2021
• 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