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Obese kids with lower body pain have restricted physical, social skills

Obese children with lower extremity pain have reduced physical functioning and psychosocial health, researchers report.

18 Oct 2012

Diabetes predicts severe osteoarthritis independently of BMI

Diabetes is a strong predictor for the development of severe osteoarthritis requiring joint arthroplasty, report researchers.

15 Oct 2012

$Arthroscopy best for scaphoid fracture assessment$

Arthroscopy best for scaphoid fracture assessment

Research shows that radiographs and computed tomography cannot replace arthroscopy for the diagnosis of unstable and displaced fractures of the scaphoid wrist.

15 Oct 2012

Hip arthroscopy traction weight key to nerve outcome

Minimizing traction weight during hip arthroscopy in the lateral position may protect against sciatic nerve injury, report US surgeons.

12 Oct 2012

Catalent licenses NJIT’s taste-making technology to mask unpleasant and bitter medicines

Following a successful research collaboration with NJIT, Catalent Pharma Solutions of Somerset has announced that it has exclusively licensed innovative taste-making technology developed by NJIT Distinguished Professor Rajesh Dav-, who was the principal investigator of a research project funded by Catalent. The technology will mask the most challenging, unpleasant and bitter tasting pharmaceutical active ingredients.

11 Oct 2012

Alcohol refrain for bone density gain

Abstinence from alcohol for 2 months could correct the imbalance between bone formation and resorption in alcoholic men, a study shows.

21 Sep 2012

Roughly two in five women in the U.S. do not use any form of birth control: Survey

Roughly two in five women in the United States do not use any form of birth control and many underestimate their risk for pregnancy, according to a recent survey about contraceptive practices in the United States.

13 Sep 2012

‘Clever’ carpet could help prevent falls

A “clever” carpet made up of plastic optical fibers could help prevent falling in elderly patients or those learning to walk again after injury, say researchers.

11 Sep 2012

Plasma biomarker predicts rheumatoid arthritis onset

Healthy individuals with high levels of immunoglobulin G rheumatoid factor have a significantly increased risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, suggests population-based research published in the BMJ.

10 Sep 2012

'No malignancy risk' with biologic response modifiers

Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic response modifiers for at least 6 months do not have a greater risk for malignancy than those given other disease-modifying drugs or placebo, conclude US and Spanish researchers.

10 Sep 2012

$Simple interventions boost vertebral fracture osteoporosis care$

Simple interventions boost vertebral fracture osteoporosis care

Use of osteoporosis investigation and treatment is significantly increased in older patients with asymptomatic vertebral fracture by use of physician- and patient-targeted interventions, Canadian research suggests.

7 Sep 2012

Obesity no barrier to knee replacement surgery

Health policy should not withhold total knee arthroplasty from patients on the basis of obesity, say UK researchers.

3 Sep 2012

Adult surgery rescues overcorrected club foot deformity

Study findings support the use of supramalleolar osteotomy for patients with hindfoot valgus or subtalar joint deformity following an overcorrected clubfoot.

23 Aug 2012

Stem-cell therapy holds promise for postinjury arthritis prevention

A novel stem-cell treatment may hold the key to treating osteoarthritis triggered by joint injury, suggest results from an animal study.

21 Aug 2012

Arthritis patients prioritize lifestyle intervention research

Most patients believe that research into joint pain should focus on self-management and lifestyle modifications, suggests a UK survey of older individuals with self-reported joint pain.

20 Aug 2012

Ion levels poor indicator for hip arthroplasty debris

Research shows that plasma metal ion analysis is only moderately effective at identifying patients with adverse reaction to metal debris following metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty.

17 Aug 2012

AstraZeneca enters agreement with Pfizer for OTC NEXIUM

Pfizer Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca for the over-the-counter (OTC) rights for NEXIUM (esomeprazole magnesium), a leading prescription drug currently approved to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

14 Aug 2012

Tofacitinib efficacy suggested for rheumatoid arthritis

The novel oral Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib significantly reduces signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, report two phase III trials published in TheNew England Journal of Medicine.

13 Aug 2012

$Thoracolumbar vertebrae fracture may be ‘silent’$

Thoracolumbar vertebrae fracture may be ‘silent’

Imaging is essential to avoid missing fractures to the thoracolumbar vertebrae in patients who have sustained blunt injury, UK researchers say.

10 Aug 2012

Patient, not surgeon factors influence patient-centric outcomes after knee surgery

Patient factors are more important than anything surgeons can control during total knee replacement surgery in the prediction of patient-reported outcome measures, report UK researchers.

9 Aug 2012