Obese have less risk of death Anjali6 Dec 2017 3:00 PM GMTResearchers call it the obesity paradox: the phenomenon, observed in studies of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other chronic conditions,...
Hip steroid injections associated with risky bone changes Anjali2 Dec 2017 1:55 PM GMTOsteoarthritis patients who received a steroid injection in the hip had a significantly greater incidence of bone death and collapse compared with...
Long-term Low-dose Steroids acceptable in Early RA Dr. Kamal Kant1 Dec 2017 2:30 PM GMTIn the latest cohort study conducted by Dr.Camille Roubille and colleagues explored 7-year tolerability profile of glucocorticoids (GC) for early...
Delaying surgery in hip fracture beyond one day associated with increased risk of death Anjali1 Dec 2017 1:35 PM GMTBottom Line: Waiting more than 24 hours to undergo hip fracture surgery may be associated with an increased risk of death and complications.Why The...
Chronic back pain: A 10-minute treatment leaves patients pain-free Anjali29 Nov 2017 3:00 PM GMTThe majority of patients were pain-free after receiving a new image-guided pulsed radiofrequency treatment for low back pain and sciatica, according...
Your bones affect your appetite and your metabolism! Anjali29 Nov 2017 1:30 PM GMTYour skeleton is much more than the structure supporting your muscles and other tissues. It produces hormones, too. And Mathieu Ferron knows a lot...
Sonographic Diagnosis of occult fractures Anjali24 Nov 2017 2:00 PM GMTWHY NEGATIVE SKIAGRAM RESULTSInability to position the patient due to pain, bleeding, splints.Young unco-operative patient /childSpecial views not...
Age, CRP levels useful guides for tapering biologics in rheumatoid arthritis Anjali24 Nov 2017 1:48 PM GMTRheumatoid arthritis patients in remission may experience more successful tapering of their biologic drugs if they meet a certain set of factors,...
New study demonstrates promising treatment for rare bone disease Anjali23 Nov 2017 1:35 PM GMTResearchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have led a preclinical study demonstrating that the drug palovarotene...
Centrally acting analgesics improve pain in patients with hand osteoarthritis Dr. Kamal Kant21 Nov 2017 1:58 PM GMTDr. Sofat N from Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George’s University of London and associates in a Single-blind study have concluded that...
A peptide having potential to stop & reverse rheumatoid arthritis found Anjali20 Nov 2017 2:00 PM GMTIn the quest for a new and more effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC looked to a primate...
SLE 2017 classification criteria presented by EULAR and ACR Anjali19 Nov 2017 1:30 PM GMTThe European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has presented the draft of new classification criteria...
