NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Injecting bone cement into acute osteoporotic compression fractures leads to almost immediate and long-lasting pain relief – and at reasonable cost, a European…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised guidelines on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis related to glucocorticoid use recommend bisphosphonate therapy but withdraw endorsement of testosterone and estrogen…
Charles E. Argoff, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of The Comprehensive Pain Center at the Albany Medical Center, reviews certain decision effects using the topical medication versus…
Charles E. Argoff, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of The Comprehensive Pain Center at the Albany Medical Center, speaks of the newly established guidelines for pharmacologic management…
Charles E. Argoff, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of The Comprehensive Pain Center at the Albany Medical Center, speaks on different treatment options when dealing with pain.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in young, active people, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can be managed without early reconstruction, Swedish researchers say. At least 200,000 ACL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bedside ultrasound can reliably diagnose clavicle fractures in children seen in the emergency department, with no more discomfort than radiographs — and without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The extent to which doxycycline slows the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is not the same in neutrally aligned (non-varus) and malaligned (varus,…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help differentiate spondyloarthritis from nonspecific back pain, investigators report in the May 23rd online issue of Arthritis &…