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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

Dental health linked to falls in Japanese elderly

Japanese study results indicate that elderly individuals with 19 or fewer teeth who do not wear dentures are at a greater risk for incident falls than their counterparts with 20 teeth or more.

7 Aug 2012

Patellar length affects tendon contact after posterior-stabilized TKA

In patients undergoing posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty, patellar ligament length has the greatest effect on the extent of tendo-femoral contact, say US researchers who have developed a model to aid clinical decision-making.

3 Aug 2012

$Cataract surgery reduces hip fracture, as well as improving eye sight$

Cataract surgery reduces hip fracture, as well as improving eye sight

Surgery for cataract removal significantly reduces the rate of hip fracture in the year after the procedure compared with no surgery, show study results involving over a million Medicare beneficiaries aged over 65 years.

3 Aug 2012

Study finds evidence that smoking cessation is more difficult for women than men

A recent study challenged an enduring belief that women were less successful than men in quitting smoking. The study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found convincing evidence that across all of the age groups, "there is relatively little difference in cessation between the sexes."

3 Aug 2012

Assay Depot launches virtual research laboratory

Assay Depot Inc. today announced the launch of a virtual research laboratory. Developed in partnership with AstraZeneca, the virtual laboratory is a powerful vendor relationship management (VRM) system that gives researchers easy access to a distributed network of thousands of research service providers located inside and outside the company.

30 Jul 2012

Coca-Cola sold in California now contains little of cancer-causing chemical 4-methylimidizole

Carcinogenicity and regulation of caramel colorings by Michael Jacobson, (Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest, USA), an article due to be published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, states that Coca-Cola sold in California now contains little of the cancer-causing chemical 4-methylimidizole (4-MI).

27 Jul 2012

Knee surgery blood loss reduced with single tranexamic acid dose

A single intraoperative dose of tranexamic acid is effective at reducing blood loss in patients undergoing minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty, research suggests.

20 Jul 2012

Marrow aspiration predicts smoldering multiple myeloma progression

Smoldering multiple myeloma patients with bone marrow plasma cell involvement should be treated immediately, say Italian researchers who found these patients are at greatest risk for symptomatic disease.

18 Jul 2012

UnitedHealthcare to host educational seminars at Jersey City Medical Center

UnitedHealthcare will host a series of educational seminars at the Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, N.J., to help baby boomers and other Medicare beneficiaries learn more about the Medicare program so they can make confident health care coverage choices.

16 Jul 2012

$Ankle fracture severity linked to obesity$