Orthopedics News

• COVID-Clogged ICUs 'Terrify' Those With Chronic, Emergency Illness Available critical care beds dwindle in many states as patients with COVID crowd out others with severe disease and emergency needs.
  Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2021
• High Jumper Sam Grewe Wins Gold, Heads to Medical School Sam Grewe made a choice when he was 13 to have his right leg amputated after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma.
  Associated Press, August 31, 2021
• NFL League Wants COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, as Players' Vaccination Rate Hits 93% The National Football League said on Thursday it has made clear it wanted to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for players, as it reported a nearly 93% inoculation rate.
  Reuters Health Information, August 27, 2021
• TikTok Milk Crate Challenge Puts Kids at Serious Risk A milk crate climbing challenge that has seen a sudden rise on social media this past week has led to many of its participants taking a hard fall.
  WebMD Health News, August 27, 2021
• The Author Who Requested a Retraction Twice Doing the right thing is the hardest thing to do. But sometimes it's even harder than it needs to be.
  Retraction Watch, August 27, 2021
• Nerve Blocks: Two Better Than One for Hip Replacement As surgeons aim for quicker recovery and fewer opioids, nerve blocks are playing a bigger role. However, the researchers say the ideal combinations of multimodal analgesia have yet to be identified for total hip arthroplasty.
  Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2021
• Elastic Tape Unlikely to Help Rotator Cuff Pain It may be time to reconsider the use of elastic therapeutic tape, or kinesiology tape, for painful shoulder muscles, a review of previous studies suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 24, 2021
• Senators Question FDA on Work With Opioid Maker Consultant Several US senators are questioning the US Food and Drug Administration's work with a consulting firm that helped businesses sell prescription painkillers during the nation's overdose crisis.
  Associated Press, August 24, 2021
• Diet, Exercise in Older Adults With Knee OA Pay Off in Long Term Older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who participated in a 1.5-year diet and exercise trial continued to see benefits 3.5 years after the interventions ended.
  Medscape Medical News, August 19, 2021
• Pandemic Derails Small Success in Lowering Diabetes-Related Amputations Minor diabetes-related lower extremity amputations increased at the expense of major amputations in some groups to 2017, but COVID-19 has likely derailed this.
  Medscape Medical News, August 18, 2021
• Shouldn't Docs Who Spread False COVID Info Lose Their Licenses? The State Federation of Medical Boards warns that physicians who spread false COVID information can be suspended or lose their licenses. But it doesn't seem to be happening.
  Medscape Medical News, August 18, 2021
• 16 Mnemonics All Docs Can Use Physician-artist Nick Love's newest collection of clinical mnemonics will make 'medical rounds Jeopardy' champs out of you.
  Medscape News Slideshows, August 16, 2021
• AHA Urges Greater Attention to Peripheral Artery Disease Despite its prevalence and clinical importance, PAD has been underappreciated, under-recognized and undertreated, the AHA says in a new scientific statement.
  Medscape Medical News, August 13, 2021
• No Infection Help From Vancomycin in Hip, Knee Arthroplasty Results of a systematic review showed insufficient evidence to support the use of topical vancomycin in hip and knee arthroplasty.
  Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2021
• Injuries Rise as Sales Reps for Device Makers Cozy Up to Surgeons Aggressive sales tactics have allegedly led surgeons to use defective or wrong-size implants, screws, or other products on patients, including former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton.
  Kaiser Health News, August 10, 2021
• CMS May Reverse Decision on Outpatient Knee, Hip Surgeries The decision may pave the way for reversing previous decisions that removed total hip and total knee arthroplasties from the inpatient-only list.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2021
• FDA Rejects Tenapanor for Control of Phosphorus in Kidney Disease An additional trial showing a 'clinically relevant treatment effect' needed for approval in patients with kidney disease on dialysis, says the FDA in response to a new drug application.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2021
• Metabolic Surgery Improves Diabetes-Related Quality of Life Significant weight loss and lack of need for insulin after metabolic surgery drive improvements in health and quality of life, but patients may still lack psychosocial support.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Docs Fight Back After Losing Hospital Privileges, Patients Physicians in St. Louis, Missouri, lost their hospital privileges when the hospital entered into an exclusive contract with other physicians. They're losing patients and money.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• US Health System Ranks Last Among 11 High-Income Countries A high-income person in the US was more likely to report financial barriers to needed healthcare than a low-income person in nearly all the other countries surveyed, the Commonwealth Fund reports.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021