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Orthopedic surgery is a marvelous field because we can make meaningful improvements in the comfort and function of patients disabled by arthritis, instability, tendon tears, developmental disorders and fractures.

Diabetes mortality declined in the U.S. by 32.1% from 2000 to 2019, with decreases in mortality observed among all racial and ethnic groups and in most U.S. counties, researchers reported in Diabetes Care.

Obesity prevalence increased among both adults and children across all regions of the world from 1990 to 2021, and more than half of adults are expected to have obesity by 2050, according to two reports published in The Lancet.

Despite early reports, there was no increase in rates of sudden cardiac arrest/death among athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic years vs. prior years, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — When race was removed from the MESA risk prediction score, its ability to predict risk for heart disease did not change significantly, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

WASHINGTON — In this video, Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, discusses a presentation from ACR Convergence 2024 that examined patients with rheumatoid arthritis who develop lung cancer.

WASHINGTON — In this video, Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, highlights two posters from her team investigating associations between cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, led by “rising stars.”

WASHINGTON — In this video, Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, spotlights three important abstracts in rheumatoid arthritis presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

SAN DIEGO — The addition of blinatumomab to chemotherapy extended DFS for children with newly diagnosed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to results of a randomized phase 3 trial presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Decreasing the amount of dexamethasone that individuals with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma received did not affect survival, according to a secondary analysis of completed clinical trials.