Musculoskeletal Disorders
News
‘Landmark’ trial shows opioids for back, neck pain no better than placebo
Opioids don’t relieve low back or neck pain in the short term and lead to worse outcomes in the long term.
Conference Coverage
Parents of patients with rheumatic disease, MIS-C strongly hesitant of COVID vaccination
A single-center study and a survey of rheumatologists revealed similar levels of hesitancy among parents of both these populations.
Conference Coverage
Marathon running does not increase arthritis risk: Survey
For those runners who had undergone knee or hip surgery or had a previous hip or knee injury that prevented running, the likelihood of having...
News
‘Very doable’ low-dose workout enough to treat knee OA
Exercise helps patients with knee osteoarthritis, but more isn’t necessarily better, a new study found.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA alert: ‘Substantial’ hypocalcemia risk with denosumab use in dialysis patients
The Food and Drug Administration sent an alert that it’s investigating an apparent link between the use of denosumab (Prolia) by patients on...
News
Does subclinical hyperthyroidism raise fracture risk?
In considering whether to treat osteoporosis, subclinical hyperthyroidism “may be enough to tip the balance in favor of pharmacological therapy...
News
How to prevent a feared complication after joint replacement
Prioritizing bone health before and after knee or hip arthroplasty may help patients avoid periprosthetic fractures.
News
Strength training overcomes bone effects of vegan diet
Bone microarchitecture differences observed between vegans and omnivores disappear when both practice progressive resistance training.
News
Biosimilar-to-biosimilar switches deemed safe and effective, systematic review reveals
While switches between biosimilars of the same reference biologic already occur for biosimilars with indications in different specialties, they do...
News from the FDA/CDC
Ustekinumab becomes second biologic approved for PsA in kids
The approval is based on an extrapolation of data from adult trials in active psoriatic arthritis and adult and pediatric studies in moderate to...