Rheumatology
Conference Coverage
How common is accelerated knee OA?
TORONTO – More than one in seven women who developed knee OA in a large prospective population-based U.K. study had the more severe accelerated...
Video
Tanezumab improves osteoarthritis pain, function in phase 3 trial
MADRID – Trial showed strong differences in response to active treatment versus placebo despite being tested in “a difficult-to-treat population...
Conference Coverage
Weight loss in knee OA patients sustained with liraglutide over 1 year
MADRID – After an intensive weight-loss program, liraglutide not only sustained but further improved weight loss.
Conference Coverage
Scandinavian studies shed light on OA inheritance
TORONTO – OA risk appears to be passed mother to daughter, studies show.
Conference Coverage
PT beats steroid injections for knee OA
TORONTO – Eight sessions of physical therapy provided superior WOMAC score improvement from 4 weeks to 1 year.
Conference Coverage
High-intensity statins may cut risk of joint replacement
TORONTO – Huge propensity-matched study spotlights a potential statin side benefit: less need for joint replacement...
Commentary
Powerful breast-implant testimony constrained by limited evidence
SILVER SPRING, MD. – Women report personal horror stories of apparent breast-implant complications, but systematically-collected data remain...
From the Journals
Four biomarkers could distinguish psoriatic arthritis from osteoarthritis
The four-biomarker panel could offer a way to make earlier diagnoses and avoid inappropriate treatment.
From the Journals
Possible mortality risk seen with tramadol in osteoarthritis
Older patients taking tramadol for osteoarthritis had significantly higher mortality risk than did patients taking NSAIDs.
Original Research
Evaluation of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Appropriate Use Criteria for the Nonarthroplasty Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis in Veterans
While patients without knee instability use more nonarthroplasty treatments over a longer period prior to total knee arthroplasty, patients with...
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