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Eating disorder behaviors appeared to change brain reward processing, according to results of a cross-sectional imaging study published in JAMA Network Open.

Retired National Football League athletes had a higher prevalence of knee replacement compared with hip replacement, with age and severe joint injury identified as risk factors for both knee and hip replacement, according to published results.

ATLANTA — Nearly one-third of primary care providers who treat patients with arthritis failed to follow Exercise Is Medicine guidance for physical activity, according to data presented at ACR/ARP 2019.

Although depression and stress are both predictors of fatigue among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at 1 year, stress is the “primary driver,” and reductions in stress are associated with a clinically meaningful decrease in fatigue, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Adolescents with overweight or obesity who report poor sleep quality or daytime sleepiness are more likely to have a higher BMI and HbA1c when compared with similar adolescents who do not report sleep disturbances, likely further increasing the risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Pediatric Diabetes.

Poor visual acuity rather than contrast sensitivity promotes vision-related symptoms in dry eye, according to a recent study published in Optometry & Vision Science.

More than half of randomized controlled trials published in six top psychiatry/psychology journals over 5 years contained spin, mainly in the results and conclusion sections of the abstract, according to a survey published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

Considering urological diseases — prevalent in patients with CKD but frequently undiagnosed — during kidney disease assessments could help prevent the onset of CKD or slow the progression to ESKD, according to a published study.