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Study highlights the benefits of eccentric-focused training

Good news for those who struggle to fit a gym workout into their day: you may be able to cut your weights routine in half and still see the same results.

3 Nov 2022

PROMs data infrequently accessed by members of clinical care, study suggests

Even when patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are successfully incorporated into electronic health records (EHRs), these patient-centered data are infrequently accessed by members of clinical care teams, suggests a study in the November/December issue of American Journal of Medical Quality, official journal of the American College of Medical Quality.

1 Nov 2022

Medicare fines for high hospital readmissions drop, but 2,300 facilities are still penalized

The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the covid-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014.

1 Nov 2022

Open enrollment for marketplace health plans is soon. Here’s what you need to know.

It's fall again, meaning shorter days, cooler temperatures, and open enrollment for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance — sign-ups begin this week for coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2023.

31 Oct 2022

Montana switches gears to try to bargain for lower health care costs for employees

Montana is signaling it might step away from an innovative way of setting the prices its public employee health plan pays hospitals for services, an approach that has saved the state millions of dollars and become a model for health plans nationwide.

27 Oct 2022

Study reports disparities in the use of regional anesthesia techniques

Women, minorities and patients enrolled in Medicaid are less likely to receive regional anesthesia techniques that consistently improve outcomes after surgery, suggests research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

New study highlights how pain management practices are changing after surgery

Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those prescriptions are lower, according to a study of more than a quarter million Canadian patients being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

ERAS programs ease the effects of surgery and fast-track patient recovery

Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip and knee replacement surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic without spending the night in the hospital.

24 Oct 2022

New evidence-based clinical guidelines expand patient eligibility for metabolic and bariatric surgery

Two of the world's leading authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse metabolic surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes beginning at a body mass index (BMI) of 30, a measure of body fat based on a person's height and weight and one of several important screening criteria for surgery.

21 Oct 2022

After Congress fails to add dental coverage, Medicare weighs limited benefit expansion

Proposed changes in Medicare rules could soon pave the way for a significant expansion in Medicare-covered dental services, while falling short of the comprehensive benefits that many Democratic lawmakers have advocated.

17 Oct 2022

Marijuana-dependent patients may face higher infection rates following knee and shoulder arthroscopy

Patients who are dependent on marijuana may face higher infection rates following knee and shoulder arthroscopy-;a minimally invasive surgery in which a small camera is inserted to diagnose and sometimes treat injury-;according to a study presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022.

17 Oct 2022

Potent antibiotic-loaded bone-cement could be used to treat bone infections

Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments -; a threat that has been met with insufficient funding and dwindling inspiration, as commercial incentives for developing new antibiotics have fallen.

13 Oct 2022

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

Muscular strength and its improvement are important to everyone for their regular day-to-day life activities.

12 Oct 2022

Breathable underwater movement sensor could help monitor swimmers' safety

Many flexible fitness trackers can't be submerged in water because the coatings required to completely seal these devices would make them uncomfortable to wear.

7 Oct 2022

Orthopedic surgery patients can recover just as well without using opioid-based painkillers

Patients can recover from orthopedic surgery just as well without using opioid-based painkillers, says a McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

5 Oct 2022

Researchers find new way to deliver a protein quickly, effectively and briefly to the brain

Many diseases have at their origin a protein that does not function properly. Now, a multidisciplinary research team with Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas A&M University has found a way to deliver a protein quickly, effectively and briefly to the brain, with therapeutic and scientific implications.

28 Sep 2022

Advanced robotic systems as promising platforms for producing clinically useful tendon constructs

A review paper by scientists at the University of Oxford discussed possible benefits of using humanoid musculoskeletal robots and soft robotic systems as bioreactor platforms in producing clinically useful tendon constructs.

23 Sep 2022

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

In the year before total knee arthroplasty (TKA), patients incur considerable costs for nonoperative treatments and other procedures for osteoarthritis (OA) – raising questions about the value of those procedures, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

22 Sep 2022

Bariatric surgery associated with long-term improvements in pain, physical function, work productivity

Improvements in pain, physical function and work productivity largely endure for at least seven years after bariatric surgery, despite some backsliding from the high levels of improvement seen in the years immediately following surgery, University of Pittsburgh epidemiologists report today in JAMA Network Open.

14 Sep 2022

Over 50 new surgical hubs to open across England to help bust COVID-19 backlogs, Steve Barclay writes

Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay wrote in Times Red Box about the new surgical hubs that will open across the country to help bust the COVID-19 backlogs.

26 Aug 2022

Knee News and Research

Study highlights the benefits of eccentric-focused training

PROMs data infrequently accessed by members of clinical care, study suggests

Medicare fines for high hospital readmissions drop, but 2,300 facilities are still penalized

Open enrollment for marketplace health plans is soon. Here’s what you need to know.

Montana switches gears to try to bargain for lower health care costs for employees

Study reports disparities in the use of regional anesthesia techniques

New study highlights how pain management practices are changing after surgery

ERAS programs ease the effects of surgery and fast-track patient recovery

New evidence-based clinical guidelines expand patient eligibility for metabolic and bariatric surgery

After Congress fails to add dental coverage, Medicare weighs limited benefit expansion

Marijuana-dependent patients may face higher infection rates following knee and shoulder arthroscopy

Potent antibiotic-loaded bone-cement could be used to treat bone infections

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

Breathable underwater movement sensor could help monitor swimmers' safety

Orthopedic surgery patients can recover just as well without using opioid-based painkillers

Researchers find new way to deliver a protein quickly, effectively and briefly to the brain

Advanced robotic systems as promising platforms for producing clinically useful tendon constructs

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

Bariatric surgery associated with long-term improvements in pain, physical function, work productivity

Over 50 new surgical hubs to open across England to help bust COVID-19 backlogs, Steve Barclay writes

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