hip replacement
hip replacement
05/01/2019
Researchers from the University of Alabama evaluated combined data from the 2000–2014 US National Inpatient Sample and the Census Bureau to project future use of total hip and knee joint arthroplasty in the...
05/01/2019
Medical diagnosis
Medical diagnosis
02/06/2019
Recent studies have suggested that fibromyalgia is inaccurately diagnosed, so to investigate possible diagnostic misclassification of fibromyalgia, researchers compared expert physician diagnosis with...
02/06/2019
opioids
opioids
12/14/2018
As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the United States, non-pharmacologic interventions for pain are increasingly important. With this in mind, researchers aimed to investigate the impact of early...
12/14/2018
fibromyalgia syndrome
fibromyalgia syndrome
10/30/2018
Women with fibromyalgia can see a significant improvement in pain, fatigue, and disease impact during physical activity when treated with transcutaneous electrical nerve...
10/30/2018
Elderly Patients
Elderly Patients
10/02/2018
Although antidepressants are commonly used to treat chronic low back pain and are recommended for this use in international guidelines, no evidence is available for their efficacy, according to the study...
10/02/2018
fibromyalgia syndrome
fibromyalgia syndrome
09/20/2018
In a case-control study, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center evaluated electronic health records of nearly 9000 individuals with fibromyalgia to measure suicide attempts and suicidal...
09/20/2018
osteoarthritis
osteoarthritis
11/28/2017
Steroid and anesthetic injections are common treatments for patients with pain and inflammation in their joints. However, whether these treatments are associated with bone death and collapse warrants...
11/28/2017
Orthopedics
Orthopedics
11/10/2017
11/10/2017
bariatric surgery
bariatric surgery
09/20/2017
In a recent study, researchers aimed to determine whether the amount of weight lost after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was associated with long-term changes in bone mineral density, and which factors may be...
09/20/2017
bone density
bone density
07/18/2017
In a recent study, researcher measured various intensities of physical activity and assessed the impact of these intensities on bone health in pre- and post-menopausal women.
07/18/2017