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Lower education linked to higher mortality in patients with osteoarthritis
Lower education is associated with higher all-cause and cause-specific mortality, as well as a greater burden of cardiovascular diseases, in patients with osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
Great Debate: Joint tissue impacts nerves, or vice versa, in OA
This year’s iteration of the Great Debate at the OARSI 2021 World Congress centered on the role of nerves in pain, functionality and pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
Patients more likely to achieve sustained RA remission on biological vs. triple therapy
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who start biological therapy after failing methotrexate are about two times more likely to be adherent and achieve sustained remission at 1 and 2 years than with triple therapy, according to data.
Patients with distal radius and ulnar fractures have inferior subjective 1-year outcomes
Register results showed worse DASH scores at 1 year for patients with combined distal radius and distal ulnar fractures vs. those with any type of distal radius fracture, a presenter said at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting.
Moderate physical activity may prevent fractures for middle-aged adults
Even moderate levels of leisure-time physical activity in middle age are associated with lower risk for fractures, according to study data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.