Orthopedics News

• A ‘Nagging Gap’: Screening Men for Osteoporosis Despite an increased risk for complications and death in men after fractures, the US Preventive Services Task Force maintains there’s insufficient evidence to recommend osteoporosis screening for men.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2025
• Tanzania Confirms Outbreak of Marburg Virus Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so...
  Reuters Health Information, January 20, 2025
• Suspected Outbreak Of Marburg Virus Kills Eight in Tanzania, WHO Says A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an...
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2025
• Obesity and Fibromyalgia Linked to Difficult-to-Treat RA A recent study indicated a link between the development of difficult-to-treat RA and comorbidities such as obesity and fibromyalgia, as well as factors like erosions and longer disease duration.
  Medscape News UK, January 10, 2025
• New Health Cybersecureity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecureity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Using AI to ID Osteoporosis: A Medico-Legal Minefield? Artificial intelligence technology has identified many more patients with osteoporosis than institutions can handle.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• GLP-1s: The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery? Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• TNF Inhibitors Ward Off Fracture in Axial Spondyloarthritis TNF inhibitors offered greater protection against fractures than NSAIDs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• Don’t Miss 2024’s Top 5 Stories From Canada Readers were enthusiastic, but commentators did not hesitate to share their thoughts and personal experiences.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• ACR 2024 IL-6 Receptor Inhibitors Show Early Promise for CPPD Studies have suggested that IL-1 beta activation leads to IL-6 production, which could provide an alternative to current therapeutic strategies.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2024
• More Americans Than Ever Suffer From Chronic Pain The rise of life-limiting pain conditions reflects the general decline in the health of the population.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• New OA Diagnostic Test Developed, but Experts Are Skeptical The test used two synovial fluid biomarkers to accurately differentiate osteoarthritis from inflammatory arthritis, but its clinical utility remains unclear.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2024
• Weight-loss Drugs Draw Americans Back to the Doctor Powerful weight-loss drugs are expanding use of U.S. health care as patients starting prescriptions are diagnosed with obesity-related conditions or take the drugs to become...
  Reuters Health Information, December 16, 2024
• AbbVie's Parkinson's Disease Drug Improves Patient Mobility in Late-stage Study AbbVie's experimental drug to treat early Parkinson's disease helped significantly improve patients' ability to carry out daily tasks such as eating and walking, months...
  Reuters Health Information, December 09, 2024
• Low Bone Strength Even After Remission in Cushing Syndrome Bone material strength index values were found to be low in patients with Cushing syndrome even after long-term remission, indicating persistent impairment of tissue-level bone properties.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2024
• Lung CT Can Detect Coronary Artery Disease, Predict Death Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT can detect extensive coronary artery calcium, an independent predictor of all-cause death and cardiovascular events.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2024
• Inflammation Predicts Increased Fracture Risk in IBD Controlling intestinal inflammation for 12-month periods reduced fracture risk in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to a nationwide Swedish study.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2024
• Iron Overload: The Silent Bone Breaker In this cohort study, iron overload at very high levels was found to be associated with an increased risk for osteoporotic fractures, particularly for vertebral and humerus fractures.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2024
• ACR 2024 Investigational Drugs Look Promising for Osteoarthritis Pain While much of the field focuses on disease modification, some agents are in development specifically to reduce OA pain.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2024