Hip pain predicts arthritis mortality beyond comorbidities

New research from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International that suggests that hip pain increases by one third all-cause mortality in people with osteoarthritis. Also today, COPD patient subset gains no benefit from low-dose theophylline, Barrett’s segment length and low-grade dysplasia are tied to an increased risk of neoplastic progression, and the vestibular/oculomotor component of concussions warrants more attention.

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