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<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in orthopedics.

A surgeon in the operating room bending over to get closer to his work

<乌鸦传媒>A Real Pain in the Neck: Surgeons' Posture

Wearable tech confirms ergonomic stress of surgery

Moses deGraft-Johnson鈥檚 face on a piece of Ghanaian paper currency

<乌鸦传媒>From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal

Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

An x-ray showing a hip prosthesis on right side

<乌鸦传媒>With Hip Surgery, Watch for Kidney Injury

Complications included infection, transfusion, revision, and death

A surgical bouffant cap

<乌鸦传媒>Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control?

One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets

A photo composite of Genene Jones in a Grim Reaper costume

<乌鸦传媒>Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death'

Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

A monochromatic computer rendering of a male hand reaching out

<乌鸦传媒>Informed Consent: Docs Should Ask Permission to Touch

It's 2020, and no, it's not implied by patient's mere presence in exam room

A vial of Xgeva over a microscope image of multiple myeloma

<乌鸦传媒>Denosumab Use in Myeloma Soars for No Obvious Reason

More expensive than competitor without being better, so why does it now have nearly half the market?

A close up of an elderly woman shaking some aspirin out of a bottle into her hand

<乌鸦传媒>More Evidence That Aspirin Can Stave Off Death

PLCO follow-up data support protective effect

$An X-ray of a hip fracture$

<乌鸦传媒>Warfarin Is Bad to the Bone, Fracture Data Affirms

In U.S. claims analysis, fracture risk lower with DOACs

ACR over a photo of Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

<乌鸦传媒>ACR: Draft OA Guidelines Stress Non-Drug Tx, Leave Opioid Door Open

But group comes down hard on stem cells, PRP, electrical therapy; downgrades hyaluronic acid shots

A longitudinal MRI of a human brain

<乌鸦传媒>Brain Injury After Concussion May Linger

Some effects persist a year after college athletes return to play

A computer illustration of an intra-articular injection

<乌鸦传媒>Joint Injections: Are They Worth the Risk?

Adverse outcomes hastening joint replacement have raised concerns

A photo of a doctor holding a placenta after childbirth

<乌鸦传媒>The Afterlife of Afterbirth

Placenta donations may be feeding stem-cell scams

ASBMR over a photo of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL

<乌鸦传媒>Which Anticoagulant Is Best for Bone Health?

Reduced osteoporosis risk observed for rivaroxaban and apixaban versus warfarin

Photo of John Elway throwing a football

<乌鸦传媒>John Elway鈥檚 Debilitating Hand Condition

Hall of Famer fights Dupuytren's contracture

A computer rendering of a vitamin D capsule over a computer rendering of bone density

<乌鸦传媒>High-Dose Vitamin D: No Help for Bone Health

Surprise in randomized trial: a hint of actual adverse effect from supplementation

A medical illustration of a normal femur and a femur with osteoporosis

<乌鸦传媒>Osteoporosis Tx: Good for Bones, but Not for Cutting Death Risk

Fracture risk reduction fails to translate to improved survival in large meta-analysis

A heartbeat icon over a man holding his painful wrist which is transparent showing the muscles and nerves.

<乌鸦传媒>Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: 'Red Flag' for Subsequent ATTR, Heart Failure

Goal is to catch cardiac amyloidosis early, clinicians say

<乌鸦传媒>Suppressed Testicular Function 'Mostly Reversible' After Steroid Abuse

But process can take upwards of 9 months

<乌鸦传媒>Two Knees at Once: More Clarity on Pluses and Minuses

Surgeons say it's feasible in even severely obese patients, but beware of complications

<乌鸦传媒>Elbow Injuries Up in Youth Baseball. Are Coaches to Blame?

Many admit "lack of desire" to count pitches as recommended

<乌鸦传媒>Concussions in Sports: Don't Neglect Rugby

Most playing for more than a few years suffer head trauma, and few get adequate treatment

<乌鸦传媒>Robotic Knee Surgery: Fewer Problems, More Expensive

Balancing benefits and costs now the challenge for physicians, patients and payers

<乌鸦传媒>Doing Shoulder Surgery in Denver (or La Paz)? Read This

40-fold (!) increase in 30-day pulmonary embolism risk with procedures performed at high altitude

<乌鸦传媒>Black History Month: Talking With Antonio Webb, MD

A challenging upbringing, then service in Iraq, now orthopedic surgery

<乌鸦传媒>'Not a Haircut': Two Knees, Same Day ... More Risk?

Evidence, experience mixed on simultaneous bilateral knee replacement

<乌鸦传媒>ACR: Can Tanezumab Be Revived for OA?

Low incidence of rapidly progressive OA seen with lower doses

<乌鸦传媒>ASBMR: High-Dose Forteo Plus Prolia Increased BMD

Responses greater than what was seen with either drug alone in high-risk women

<乌鸦传媒>ASBMR: Meeting to Focus on Fractures

Topics will include men's bone health, the use of burosumab, and bisphosphonate drug holidays

<乌鸦传媒>Repeat CRP Tests If Spine Disease Uncertain

Post-hoc analysis of patients with axial spondyloarthritis

<乌鸦传媒>Athletes and Hearts; Best Meds for ADHD: It's PodMed Double T!

This week's topics include secondhand smoke and adolescents, labor induction, screening young athletes for cardiac problems, and ADHD medicines.

<乌鸦传媒>Joint Replacements Linked to Gout?

Risk is elevated both before and after gout diagnosis

<乌鸦传媒>Lewy Body Disease Tied to Contact Sports

More than 8 years of play linked to Lewy bodies, parkinsonism

<乌鸦传媒>Proteinuria Flags Risk for Post-Op Kidney Injury

Even trace levels of urinary protein tied to elevated rate of acute renal impairment

<乌鸦传媒>MD<40: Finding Your Joy Spot

Sometimes, just one thing makes it all worthwhile

<乌鸦传媒>Make the Diagnosis: At Least this Groom Doesn鈥檛 have Cold Feet

Just a few days after returning from his honeymoon at a Brazilian beach resort, a 29-year-old man went to his primary care doctor complaining of extremely pruritic toes and feet. After he started scratching, he noticed some small black dots, umbilicated papules, and crusts on the soles and at the tip of his toes under the nail. He had been finding it uncomfortable to walk since the last day of the trip. Can you diagnose the patient?

<乌鸦传媒>RA Patients Pose Perioperative Challenges

Expert discusses risk evaluation, stopping antirheumatic drugs

<乌鸦传媒>Mumps and Boosters; Ecigs and Quitting: It's PodMed Double T!

This week's topics include sinusitis treatment, low back pain management, waning mumps immunity, and e-cigarettes and quitting attempts

<乌鸦传媒>Perioperative Beta Blockers Trade Fewer MIs for More Deaths

Issue of safety highlighted again in POISE analysis

<乌鸦传媒>Optimal Post-Op Pain Management: It's Complicated

Competing demands on nurses seen as biggest barrier to optimal care

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