On this Doctors’ Day, as we honour the dedication and expertise of healthcare professionals, it’s also an ideal time to shed ...

Some fee-for-service spine procedures in traditional Medicare will have prior authorizations added, according to CMS’ new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. CMS is partnering with AI ...

Joint preservation surgeries, such as arthroscopy, osteotomy, or cartilage repair treatments, may be considered in mild to ...

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is a drug we are all familiar with. It is cheap, readily available over the counter, and is common place in family medicine cabinets across the world. We rely on it in the ...

From 1990 to 2021, the global burden of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among postmenopausal women (PMW) grew significantly, and 2045 projections indicate this trend will continue, according to a ...

If your hips, knees or hands have gotten stiffer and more painful in recent years, you might be among the more than 32 million Americans who suffer from osteoarthritis.This degenerative joint ...

Objective To evaluate whether interventions aimed at increasing adherence to therapeutic exercise increase adherence greater than a contextually equivalent control among older adults with chronic low ...

Water therapy, knee braces, and exercise are more effective than high-tech treatments like ultrasound therapy for knee ...

We’ve long blamed osteoarthritis on “wear and tear,” the price of a life well-lived. But could the cause be a more ancient ...

Although there is no cure, many people take pain relievers, do physical therapy, or eventually need surgery when their joints get too damaged. But scientists are now exploring whether reducing ...

Objectives To investigate the incidence, distribution and radiological characteristics of dural ossification (DO) associated with ossification of ligamentum flavum (OLF) in the thoracic spine. Design ...

A recent report by the National Cancer Institute found that cancer deaths in the U.S. for men, women, and children declined between 2001 and 2022—with one odd exception—male bone and joint cancer ...