Orthopedics News

• Can Metformin Lower Need for Joint Replacement in Diabetes? Patients with type 2 diabetes who were treated with metformin had a 30% reduction in risk for total knee and total hip replacement, compared with patients who did not receive the drug.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2022
• RSNA 2022 Corticosteroid Injections May Worsen Knee OA Progression Corticosteroid knee injections appear to make knee osteoarthritis worse, and hyaluronic acid injections may be safer, two research teams report.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2022
• Which Hospital Factors Are Linked With Timely Fracture Care? Structural biases within health systems may account for delays, regardless of individual patient race, according to new data.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2022
• Docs Treating Other Doctors: What Can Go Wrong? Some doctors enjoy treating their fellow physicians as patients while others find it intimidating. Poll respondents reveal some of the pros and cons of treating their peers.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2022
• Med Students React: How to Improve Lectures and Rotations Medical students candidly discuss where medical schools could do better with lectures in preclinical years and rotations in clinical years.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2022
• How Fitness Trackers Will Help Us Keep an Eye on Disease A new study suggests that Fitbit data — including heart rate and step count — could serve as a proxy for important clinical metrics, providing key insights to help treat chronic disease.
  WebMD, December 13, 2022
• CMS Proposes Bid to Speed Up Prior Authorization Decisions Federal officials have proposed sweeping changes intended to accelerate prior authorization decisions and require more transparency from insurers on those decisions.
  Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2022
• MIPS Quality Scores Don't Reflect Quality of Care: Study Despite substantial data-reporting requirements for physicians, the Medicare payment incentive program's measures don't say much about a doctor's quality, a new JAMA study finds.
  Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2022
• EU to Propose Delay to Medical Device Law Amid Supply Worries The EU Health Commissioner will on Friday propose extending the deadline for companies to comply with a new law regulating medical devices, she told Reuters on Thursday as doctors warn the legislation is causing shortages of lifesaving equipment.
  Reuters Health Information, December 08, 2022
• States Cracking Down Harder on Docs Who Sexually Abuse Patients States are tackling sexual misconduct after criticism of medical board leniency. Under a new California law, doctors won't get a second chance at licensure if they sexually exploit patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2022
• People With Diabetes Choose Agents that Best Control Glucose People with type 2 diabetes who tried agents from three different classes of glucose-lowering drugs usually found one they liked most. It was also often their safest and most effective option.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2022
• Oral Health in Primary Care: A Task That's Worth the Time Incorporating preventative oral health into primary care can improve a child's physical well-being, a government report found.
  MDedge News, December 08, 2022
• ACR 2022 Ask Knee OA Patients About Stair Climbing Difficulty Stair climbing difficulty in patients with knee osteoarthritis may predict future limitations and aid interventions.
  MDedge News, December 07, 2022
• Physicians React: Loving, Loathing Working for a Health System Doctors evaluate the income stability and job security they enjoy by working for health systems and other medical employers, vs frustrations with bureaucracies and contract restrictions.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2022
• Don’t Lift Weights – Lower Them Instead New research suggests you can focus on lowering the load, and cheat on the lifting part, without sacrificing results.
  WebMD Health News, December 07, 2022
• Vaccination Cuts Long COVID Risk for Rheumatic Disease Patients Although it’s possible the higher proportion of Omicron cases in vaccinated patients accounted for lower rates of long COVID, differences in variants likely couldn’t account for all the findings.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2022
• Joint Replacements: Should There Be BMI Cutoffs? Patients with a high BMI are at a greater risk for complications during and after surgery, but some experts argue that strict BMI cutoffs are arbitrary and can worsen disparities in care.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2022
• Are Children With Atopic Dermatitis More Likely to Fracture Bones? Children with atopic dermatitis may be more likely to have broken bones, researchers in Korea report.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2022
• Physicians React: On Access to Quality, Affordable Healthcare Doctors discuss how they frame the issue of healthcare access in the US, whether they view this as a right or privilege, and improvements they would recommend.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2022
• NPs React: Addressing Burnout and Depression A Medscape report focused on high levels of burnout affecting nurse practitioners, a problem that only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what your colleagues are saying.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2022