Obese have less risk of death Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Dec 2017 8:30 PM ISTResearchers 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Dec 2017 7:25 PM ISTOsteoarthritis 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 Kant Kohli Kohli1 Dec 2017 8:00 PM ISTIn 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Dec 2017 7:05 PM ISTBottom 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Nov 2017 8:30 PM ISTThe 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! Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTYour 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTWHY 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Nov 2017 7:18 PM ISTRheumatoid 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTResearchers 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 Kant Kohli Kohli21 Nov 2017 7:28 PM ISTDr. 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTIn 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 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTThe European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has presented the draft of new classification criteria...
