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Researchers from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, Adelaide, South Australia have completed a long-term follow up study concluding that crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) is a superior material for hip implant components. The study found that use of such...
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Findings from a small double-blind, randomized crossover trial suggest that eating crickets is safe even at high levels while supporting the development of beneficial gut bacteria and reducing inflammation. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental...
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Researchers from Hospital Universitario Campus de la Salud in Spain report that reduced levels of vitamin D are associated with increased severity of symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is an autoimmune disease affecting over 1.3 million patients in the US. Treatment with...
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Findings from a recent study published in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology conclude that atopic dermatitis, or eczema, imposes a higher toll on sufferers, as measured by reduced quality of life, than heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure. Patients whose eczema was...
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Better patient evaluation could improve outcomes from arthroscopic anterior shoulder stabilization in young athletes, according to findings from a recent study conducted by colleagues from Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. The procedure should be reserved for patients with fewer occurrences of...
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An engineering team at Tufts University reports that it has developed a new “smart” bandage that can actively monitor the condition of chronic wounds and trigger the delivery of medication when required to advance healing. The prototype may open new avenues to the availability of bandaging that...
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Findings from preclinical experiments conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham may point to possible new therapeutic targets for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The research team reports that they have identified a subset of...
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“iPad neck” is the term given to the growing incidence of persistent pain in the neck and upper shoulders associated with the use of tablet computers. A new study conducted by researchers from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) concludes that duration of screen time is not necessarily a risk...
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An affirmation of the value of surgical intervention for treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) was recently offered in findings from new research reported in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. The study concluded that the risk for development of opioid dependence in patients with DS was...
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Researchers from Michigan Medicine’s Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, in collaboration with experts from the University of Aberdeen, UK, have published conclusions from an investigation of the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on brain function. Lead author Andrew Schrepf, PhD, at...