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Beta-blockers may reduce risk for knee osteoarthritis, hip/knee pain
Common beta-blockers are associated with a reduced cumulative risk for knee osteoarthritis, knee pain and hip pain consultations, according to data published in...
12 days ago - Healio
Top in rheumatology: FDA action on tanezumab, unapproved CBD products
The FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee denied Pfizer's risk mitigation proposal for its osteoarthritis drug tanezumab. A...
16 days ago - Healio
Lifestyle app lowers costs, sets goals for patients with hip, knee OA
A standalone, healthy lifestyle app, called dr. Bart, can lower costs, compared with usual care, and help provide education and goal setting for patients with osteoarthritis...
17 days ago - Healio
FDA panel rejects Pfizer's tanezumab for osteoarthritis pain over risk-benefit doubts
A pair of FDA advisory committees has rejected a risk mitigation proposal from Pfizer for its NGF-blocker tanezumab, stating it would fail to ensure the drug's benefits...
24 days ago - Healio - 3 articles
Skin Swab for Parkinson's; Endocannabinoids and Runner's High; Seizures and Suicide
Compounds on the skin's surface identified potential sebum-based biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. People with a previous rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis had a 30% to 50%...
1 month ago - MedPageToday
Rarity complicates research, treatment for unexplained premenopausal osteoporosis
Osteoporosis, long considered a disease of older age, is estimated to affect about 25% of women aged at least 65 years, according to the CDC. The disease is less common among...
1 month ago - Healio
Opioid use among patients with knee osteoarthritis costs US society $14B
The societal cost of total lifetime opioid use in patients with knee osteoarthritis is approximately $14 billion, nearly half of which is due to lost work productivity...
1 month ago - Healio
Therapy by Phone Helps Insomnia With Arthritis Pain
Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia was effective in older adults with osteoarthritis pain, the randomized OATS trial showed. Insomnia Severity Index...
1 month ago - MedPageToday - 3 articles
Ease Neck Strain From Faulty Posture
Poor posture has become the norm rather than the exception in the 21st century - the outcome of sedentary lifestyles, office work and excessive screen time. Neck humps, also...
2 monthes ago - Mercola
Study Says Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked To Blood Clots: Overall Risk Is Small But Present
A new study has given additional credence to something many researchers have long suspected: rheumatoid arthritis patients have a higher risk of blood clots in the first ten...
2 monthes ago - Active Beat - 4 articles
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Brett Forte inquest live updates: Second week of hearings begin
A two-week coronial inquest will delve into the deaths of Queensland Police Senior Constable Brett Forte and his killer, Ricky Charles Maddison.
Study sheds light on how tau aggregates promote Alzheimer's disease
Look deep inside the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease, most forms of dementia or the concussion-related syndrome known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy and you'll...
Alcohol use and EDOF IOLs lead recent cataract surgery coverage
Alcohol's impact on the risk of incident cataract surgery and extended depth of focus IOLs topped recent cataract surgery news. Read the top pieces of cataract surgery news on...
In surprising twist, some Alzheimer's plaques may be protective, not destructive
One of the characteristic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the buildup of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain. Most therapies designed to treat AD target these plaques, but...
Huntsman Cancer Institute appoints senior director of clinical research...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, has been appointed senior director of clinical research innovation at Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah. Agarwal - physician-scientist at the...
COVID-19 Has Made Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Worse
When the pandemic began, María L. De León, a movement disorder specialist in Nacogdoches, Texas, admits she was anxious about contracting the coronavirus.... Having lived with...
An insight into the mind of Queensland cop killer Ricky Maddison
The coronial inquest into the deaths of Ricky Maddison and Senior Constable Brett Forte will continue next week in Toowoomba.
Earfold™ - a combined approach with conchal bowl reduction
Prominent ear deformity is common amongst the human population and is partly due to underdevelopment of the antihelical fold, a prominent conchal bowl, or both. Recently, the...