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Steroid injection prior to rotator cuff surgery elevates risk of revision repair
SAN DIEGO – Injections might reduce biomechanical strengths of tendons and ligaments.
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Antibody cleared amyloid plaques, slowed cognitive decline
And claims that cannabis relieves noncancer pain go up in smoke.
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Glucocorticoids linked with surgical infections in RA patients
AMSTERDAM – U.S. claims data from more than 11,000 rheumatoid arthritis patients linked glucocorticoid treatment with more postsurgical infections...
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Oral diabetes drugs linked to lower levels of bone formation marker
Metformin with or without rosiglitazone may diminish bone formation.
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Surgery may be best option for hip impingement syndrome
A better outcome was seen with hip arthroscopy than with physiotherapy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome in UK FASHIoN trial.
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Spine fracture risk may be increased in IBD patients
Fracture risk appears to be higher among IBD patients who use steroids.
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Study links RA flares after joint replacement to disease activity, not medications
Ceasing biologics prior to surgery doesn’t seem to make a difference to progression afterward.
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For women with RA, small-joint surgery rate nearly twice that of men
SAN DIEGO – The rate of small-joint procedures is declining for both sexes.
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Use of opioids, SSRIs linked to increased fracture risk in RA
Osteoporotic fracture risk increase started even after 1-30 days of opioid use, results from an analysis of national data show.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome may flag cardiac amyloidosis in elderly
DALLAS – Tenosynovial amyloidosis signaled cardiac involvement in some patients undergoing carpal tunnel release surgery.
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VIDEO: Hip, knee replacements fall in Danish RA patients
MADRID – The use of biologics, widespread use of conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and adoption of a treat-to-target strategy...