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Simple, Accurate In-Office Tool Predicts Athletes at High-risk for ACL Injury

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Previously, determining athletes at high-risk for ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injuries required expensive and complex laboratory-based motion analysis systems, such as those used in creating video games. But a new study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine`s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting, offers physicians a low-cost, in-office, tool to help identify athletes at increased risk.

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Risk of heart attack in patients

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients face a two-fold increased risk of suffering a Myocardial Infarction (MI, heart attack) versus the general population, which is comparable to the increased risk of MI seen in diabetes patients, according to results of a new study presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy.

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Country economy is a stronger predictor of therapy initiation

Friday, June 18th, 2010

There is significant disparity between ‘richer’ and ‘poorer’ countries in terms of access to biological treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to results from a multinational study across four continents presented today at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy. Furthermore, findings from a separate study show that RA patients report the severity of their disease in the same way, irrespective of the country where they live.

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Vitamin D deficiency confirmed as common across a range of rheumatic conditions

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Two separate studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with a range of rheumatic diseases, with over half of all patients having below the ‘normal’ healthy levels of vitamin D (48-145 nmol/L) in their bodies.

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Vitamin D deficiency confirmed as common across a range of rheumatic conditions

Study identifies surgical means for improving kidney cancer survival

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

When kidney cancer spreads to other body parts, patients usually receive a poor prognosis.

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Protein Nitration Influences Allergic Reactions

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Food proteins are nitrated through various processes. Just how these processes affect food allergies, however, is only now coming to light. The latest findings of a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF are being presented today at an international symposium in Italy

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G1 HCV patients who achieve an early viral response can be successfully treated within 6 months

Friday, April 16th, 2010

24 weeks of treatment could be sufficient to cure between 93 and 100% of treatment-naďve chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 (G1) infected patients if they have a fast antiviral response to Telaprevir (TVR) with Peginterferon (PEG-IFN) and Ribavirin (RBV), according to new research presented today at the International Liver Congress 2010, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Vienna, Austria.

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G1 HCV patients who achieve an early viral response can be successfully treated within 6 months

Researchers find younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacements

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

A research team led by Mayo Clinic has found a national trend toward younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacement surgery.

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Researchers find younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacements

‘Tommy John’ elbow reconstruction 95 percent successful with grown teen pitchers, study says

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

A new study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13), found that 95 percent of skeletally mature high school pitchers were satisfied with their “Tommy John” elbow reconstruction surgery. Almost as many, (94.7 percent) returned to competitive baseball.

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A sporting chance for active total knee replacement patients

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients may be able to participate in high-impact sports without increasing risk of early implant failure, according to a new study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). In addition, the authors observed better clinical scores in the group of patients who participated in activities discouraged by the Knee Society (KS) than those of the control group.

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