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A new srudy has indicated that in athletes 14 years of age and younger with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, early reconstruction results in significantly improved outcomes without growth disturbance. A reconstruction done within 12 weeks of injury is defined as early reconstruction. In addition to better function the early intervention also saves money. [Read more...]
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Tuberculosis is a chronic infection that has made a worldwide resurgence due to advent of HIV and AIDS. In addition to this there is rise of drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis which further threatens the global TB control efforts. Therefore it is very necessary to have diagnostic measures that detect resistance of the drugs to a particular strain fast. Conventional methods take months to detect the resistance and the search is on for new ways to detect the resistance or multi drug resistance in patients of tuberculosis. [Read more...]
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has reported that topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be safe and effective for acute musculoskeletal conditions in adults
The use of topical NSAIDs vary in different countries.In theory they have potential to provide pain relief without associated systemic adverse events.”
Recent report published on June 16,2010 has evaluated the evidence from randomized, double-blind, controlled trials of the efficacy and safety of topically applied NSAIDs for relief of acute pain. [Read more...]
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Persistent pain after orthopaedic trauma is every troublesome and is a common phenomenon. Despite physical healing, some individuals continue to have persistent pain and disability and a reduced capacity for functioning.
A lot of research has been done to determine the factors responsible for persistent pain following injury.
Earlier studies suggested that factors other than the physical injury are important in the development of persistent pain.
A recent study involving 168 participants between 18-64 years evaluated the association between a range of biopsychosocial factors and the presence of persistent pain, pain severity, and pain interfering with normal work activities in a cohort of patients after of non-life-threatening orthopaedic injuries.
The study found that high initial pain, external attributions of responsibility for the injury, and psychological distress are factors that strongly predict persistent pain, pain-related work disability, and pain severity.
The study has been recently published in Journal of Pain.
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A study conducted by University of California has pointed to the fact that patients who are taking proton pump inhibitors and histamine 2 receptor antagonists are at higher risk of developing hip fractures as compared to the patients who are not on the medications.
This was found in the study which involved 34000 patients with hip fractures taking proton-pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists shows that the risk for hip fracture is approximately 30% higher than in matched controls not taking these medications. [Read more...]
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In a recently published paper in march issue Archives of Internal Medicine, prevention of nonvertebral fractures with vitamin D is dose-dependent for individuals aged 65 years or older. The paper is based on meta-analysis of of randomized controlled trials.
Researchers found a significant positive trend between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and hip bone density and lower extremity strength. The reviewers identified 12 double-blind RCTs for nonvertebral fractures, enrolling a total of 42,279 subjects, and 8 RCTs for hip fractures, enrolling a total of 40,886 subjects, which compared the effects of oral vitamin D, with or without calcium, with those of calcium alone or of placebo. [Read more...]
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A latest review by at Cochraine Library, an international nonprofit, independent organization that produces and disseminates systematic reviews of health care interventions, has concluded that removable splints and plaster casts appears to be equally safe and effective for treating minor “buckle” wrist fractures in children.
Buckle fracture or Torus fractures, are extremely common injuries seen in children. Because children have softer bones, one side of the bone may buckle upon itself without disrupting the other side; this is also known as an incomplete fracture.
The word torus is derived from the Latin word ‘Tori’ meaning swelling or protuberance. Children commonly sustain this injury by falling on an outstretched hand. [Read more...]
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N Engl J Med. 2009;1360:89-90
There have been reports of esophageal cancer in patients who had been taking oral bisphosphonate drugs for osteoporosis. This has been reported by an official from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the January 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Twenty-three cases including 8 fatal reported in the United States, between October 1995 May 2008, all of them in association with alendronate. Fosamax, a popular band from Merck contains alendronate. [Read more...]
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Common genetic variants associated with osteoarthritis may also play a role in determining a person’s height, according to a U.S.-European study which included an analysis of the genomes of more than 35,000 people.
Many genes control height, but only a few are associated with osteoarthritis.
The findings also add to overall understanding of height. [Read more...]
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Pregnant women should wear seat belts, not only to save themselves in the event of a car accident but also to save their fetus.
According to a new study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, almost 200 fetuses each year or half of all fetal losses in motor-vehicle crashes could be saved if pregnant women buckled up properly.
Dr. Richard Jones, assistant professor of obstetrics/gynecology at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, said, “Pregnant women need to be properly wearing seat belts,” with the best type of seat belt the three-point restraint. [Read more...]
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