FPN || Musculoskeletal Disorders

Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:05

PARIS – After total hip or knee replacement, men are at higher risk than women for heart attack, infection, and revision surgery, according to a large database analysis. The elevated risk was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 19:09

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin led to significant benefits in measures of lateral femorotibial cartilage loss and joint space narrowing...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Stopping biologics in RA remission remains uncertain

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 14:00

Once a rheumatoid arthritis patient maintains relatively long-term remission on a regimen that combines a synthetic and a biologic disease-modifying drug, temptation mounts to try withdrawing one of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chinese herbal remedy found noninferior to methotrexate in RA patients

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:30

A traditional Chinese herbal remedy used to treat joint pain, fever, edema, and local inflammation was found noninferior to methotrexate for controlling active rheumatoid arthritis in an open-label,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Milk may slow knee OA progression in women

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 19:45

Milk consumption was associated with a slowing of the structural progression of knee osteoarthritis among women who participated in the longitudinal Osteoarthritis Initiative study. From a group of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Milk may slow knee OA progression in women

Posted on: 07/04/2014 - 19:45

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

SAN DIEGO – Lingering concern over increased risk cardiovascular events and mortality associated with calcium supplementation do not outweigh the bone benefits of calcium supplements, Connie Weaver,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Methotrexate alone or with etanercept have equal efficacy for early inflammatory arthritis

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 18:45

Methotrexate alone appears to be just as good as when it is combined with etanercept in reducing tender and swollen joints in patients with early inflammatory arthritis who have at least one joint...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Glucosamine no better than placebo for knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 14:05

Glucosamine supplements were no better than placebo at improving cartilage damage in patients with knee osteoarthritis in a randomized trial that was described by study investigators as the first...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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