The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement payment model to improve patient outcomes from hip and knee replacement surgery, the agency...
ROME – Combined intra-articular injections of Tr14 (Traumeel) and Ze14 (Zeel) provided statistically significant, clinically relevant, and long-lasting relief of knee osteoarthritis pain in a phase...
ROME – Ensuring that intra-articular injections are correctly placed does not appear to result in better pain management for knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented at the European...
VANCOUVER – Atopic dermatitis arising de novo in patients in their 60s or older with no history of the disease poses a diagnostic challenge, and a low threshold for biopsy is warranted, Dr. Thomas...
Approximately half of cases of COPD in older adults appear to stem from low forced expiratory volume in 1 second in early adulthood that declines at a normal rate, rather than the accelerated decline...
ROME – Tai chi is as effective as standard physical therapy in reducing pain and improving physical function and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis, according to the results of a...
ROME – Vitamin D supplementation did not ease osteoarthritic knee pain measured using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index in a 2-year, randomized, double-blind,...
VIENNA – Measuring cognitive function might help determine if an elderly patient is at risk for developing a host of vascular diseases, including stroke and transient ischemic attack, research...
DENVER – The rate of asthma exacerbations was reduced more among elderly patients than among younger patients treated with mepolizumab vs. placebo as part of the Mepolizumab as Adjunctive Therapy in...
BETHESDA, MD. – Senior citizens who have a motor vehicle collision are advised to maintain a regimen of physical activity in the weeks immediately following the crash; otherwise they risk developing...
