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Tailored interventions that address pain, anxiety, fatigue or perceived stress may benefit women with breast cancer who experience sleep disturbance, according to study results presented at the virtual Oncology Nursing Society Congress.

Patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome experience significantly more prevalent gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, autonomic and allergic symptoms than those in the hospital without the disease, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Cato T. Laurencin MD, PhD, has received the 2020 Von Hippel Award, the highest honor of the Materials Research Society, according to a press release.

With more people gravitating to social media each year, providers may be able to use platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to create successful, online-only weight-loss intervention programs, according to a presenter.

Acute and chronic complications of sickle cell disease necessitate frequent interaction with the medical system.

MIAMI — Given all of the recent guidelines on physical activity and CVD prevention, health care providers should focus on recommending exercise for patients with dyslipidemia to decrease their LDL, according to a presentation at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions.

Results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting that were recently published showed the presence of posterior medial tibial plateau edema among patients undergoing ACL reconstruction was associated with significantly greater odds for ramp lesions compared with meniscal body tears.

It is my pleasure to announce exciting changes to the Orthopedics Today Editorial Board. In an effort to continually evolve in covering orthopedics, we have made significant changes to the Editorial Board. Orthopedics continues to transform and Orthopedics Today has responded to these changes with the addition of up-and-coming innovators, as well as more established professionals.

Professional baseball players have a difficult time returning to play after biceps tenodesis for treatment of superior labral anterior-posterior tears, according to recently presented data.

It is widely known and reported in the literature that shoulder injuries, including rotator cuff tears, tend to heal slowly and the management of glenoid labral tears, subacromial impingement and the degenerative, arthritic shoulder may be challenging. Therefore, research into biologic treatments for these conditions is underway. This includes exploring the effect in the laboratory and the OR of various types of stem cells on healing when injected or used to augment arthroscopic or open surgery.