Massachusetts General Hospital

SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed health care descriptions created by ChatGPT were perceived to be accurate, authentic and believable by patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty compared with descriptions from orthopedic surgeons.

Results showed combined medial patellofemoral ligament and medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstruction may yield improved outcomes for skeletally immature patients with first-time dislocations vs. nonoperative treatment.

Clinicians may one day be able to treat immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis without disrupting cancer therapy, findings from a cellular investigation showed.

A new guideline published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association summarizes best practices for specialists and primary care providers on how to evaluate patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders.

SAN DIEGO — Rilzabrutinib induced “fast” and “persistent” platelet count expansion for heavily treated individuals with immune thrombocytopenia, according to results of the randomized phase 3 LUNA 3 study.

In this video, John H. Stone, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Edward A. Fox Chair in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses an important facet of IgG4-related disease other rheumatologists and providers should be aware of.

WASHINGTON — Preexisting autoimmune diseases do not increase mortality risk in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy history were more likely to experience coronary artery disease years earlier and have a greater risk for myocardial infarction with both obstructive and nonobstructive coronary arteries.

Adults who followed a “weekend warrior” physical activity pattern had a similarly lower risk for incident disease compared with those who followed a regular activity pattern, according to study findings published in Circulation.

DALLAS — While rare, vascular injuries during total knee arthroplasty do occur, with the most common being injury to the popliteal artery, according to a presenter at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.