PHOENIX — Results from a Markov decision-analytic model showed biceps tenodesis offered both higher quality of life and lower costs than superior labrum anterior to posterior repair for overhead athletes with type 2 superior labrum tears.“We found that biceps tenodesis is the preferred strategy from a cost-effectiveness standpoint in overhead athletes with type 2 [superior labrum anterior to posterior (SLAP)] tears over SLAP repair,” Matthew Frederickson, MD, a resident at the University of California, Davis, told Healio about results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America
PARK CITY, Utah — Previously published research has shown that CrossFit results in similar injury rates compared with other recreational sports, according to a presenter here.“CrossFit has similar injury risk to other recreational sports that people are doing and does provide a broad framework to cover multiple domains of fitness that are unique,” Laura Vogel, MD, of Banner Medical Group, told Healio. “I would not want people to be discouraged from participating because of the conceptions about the sport that have been in the media and other areas.”In her presentation at the International
Healio AI announced an official partnership with The Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration, which is dedicated to helping those with severe ocular surface disease.“Staying current with the most up to date medical opinions and treatment strategies is at the essence of what it means to be a physician and use best practices to treat patients,” Stephen S. Lane, MD, chair of the board of directors for The Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration (HFSR), said in a press release from The Wyanoke Group. “Today we have wonderful tools at our fingertips to gain these insights with trusted sources of
The recent federal reforms to pharmacy benefit managers are a meaningful step in the right direction, but the work is not over yet, according to experts.In January 2025, the Federal Trade Commission released a report that revealed pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) overcharged for specialty generic medications — in many cases by hundreds and thousands of percent — for billions in profits. And, according to a report on U.S. Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the three largest PBMs in the United States — Optum Rx (a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group), Caremark Rx (a subsidiary of CVS Health
Results presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting showed excessive anterior pelvic tilt was not significantly associated with back pain in adults with cerebral palsy.“We probably do not need to be worried about anterior pelvic tilt as much when we are trying to make decisions for adolescent care, particularly hamstring lengthening,” M. Wade Shrader, MD, vice chair in the department of orthopedic surgery and division chief of Nemours Children’s Health Cerebral Palsy Center, told Healio. “Hamstring lengthening has been a mainstay in
Results presented here showed minimal changes in coronal plane alignment after physeal-sparing and transphyseal ACL reconstruction in patients with more than 2 years and 2 or less years of growth left, respectively.“We have to respect the growing skeleton, and these ACL reconstruction techniques do a good job, but there is still a small percentage of patients who will have changes in their leg alignment after surgery,” Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery, told Healio about results presented at the Pediatric
Gendered differences may impact how medical students rank their preferred schools when matching for residency, according to study data published in Organization Science.Across two studies, the data show that men and women navigate the Main Residency Match differently and highlight the need for improved education on the process, according to Samuel E. Skowronek, PhD, assistant professor of management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and Joyce C. He, PhD, assistant professor of management and organizations at UCLA Anderson School of Management.“The National Resident
CMS has issued an interim final rule that implements new work requirements for adults on Medicaid.The new statutory requirement will apply to adults who are aged 19 to 64, not pregnant and “enrolled in the Medicaid adult group or in certain section 1115 demonstrations that provide minimum essential coverage to adult beneficiaries,” according to a CMS fact sheet. As of now, 43 states and Washington D.C. offer coverage to these populations and must implement the new requirement.Those who are affected will now be required to engage in qualifying activities — employment, community service or some
PHOENIX — The CartiHeal Agili-C cartilage repair implant had continued improvement in outcomes at 5 years compared with debridement or microfracture, according to results presented here.“These results show that the implant is resilient. We have persistent good results and we have great return to activity, and we are really pleased with this study,” Kenneth R. Zaslav, MD, director of the Center for Regenerative Orthopedic Medicine at Lennox Hill/Northwell Health, told Healio about results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.Zaslav and
Educational and behavioral strategies employing technology may aid efforts to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior in patients with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis, according to updated EULAR recommendations.The updates and revisions to EULAR’s 2018 physical activity recommendations were published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.The recommendations, developed by a multidisciplinary task force, include four overarching principles and 11 recommendations that address standard of care, physical activity measurement, intervention modalities, dosing and
PHOENIX — Preoperative level of patient resilience did not affect pain and quality of life scores after ACL reconstruction, according to results presented here.“Our a priori hypothesis was patient resilience affects clinical outcomes after ACL reconstruction as represented in knee pain, knee quality of life and then in subsets of ACL injury specific patient-reported outcomes,” Andrew J. Sheean, MD, of the University of Wisconsin, told Healio. “Interestingly, we found that resilience does not appear to affect knee pain and knee related quality of life at 1 year after ACL reconstruction.”
Health care professionals want AI tools that are clinically accurate, offer privacy protections and can be integrated into existing workflows, according to data from a Healio survey.In March, Healio fielded a 27-item survey to understand how health care professionals are using AI in practice and their sentiments toward AI tools. Among 618 eligible respondents (49.5% men), 52.3% were physicians and 48.4% had more than 21 years of experience. Respondents’ primary affiliations were with private practices (45.1%), academic medical centers (21.4%) and community hospitals (19.9%), among other
Calcium and vitamin D supplementation do not reduce the risk for falls or fractures among older adults, according to findings published in The BMJ.In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 69 trials that included a combined 153,902 participants, researchers found no associations between calcium and vitamin D monotherapy and risk for fractures and falls. Calcium and vitamin D used in combination was tied to a slightly reduced risk for fractures. However, the researchers wrote that the association did not meet the study’s criteria for clinically meaningful benefit.“Based on absolute risk
When diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection, a machine learning-driven probability score had high diagnostic accuracy and lower uncertainty vs. physicians, as well as significant clinical and economic advantages, according to results.“For surgeons, this means greater confidence at the point where the decision matters the most,” Krista O’Shaughnessey Toler, MS, MBA, PMP, director of research and development for infection solutions at Zimmer Biomet, told Healio. “Instead of getting an inconclusive result that still forces a treatment decision, a probability-based
Vunakizumab, a novel interleukin 17a monoclonal antibody, is superior to placebo in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis symptom improvement, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.“Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the recommended first-line pharmacologic treatment for [radiographic axial SpA (r-axSpA)],” Jian Zhu, MD, of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, in Beijing, and colleagues wrote. “For persistently high disease activity despite NSAID treatment, biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are subsequent treatment options.
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