A new study reports that patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who have poor sleep habits display greater central sensitization—an amplification of clinical pain. Findings published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), further show OA patients who catastrophize—consumed…

Mention “ultrasound” and most people likely will think of an image of a fetus in a mother’s womb. But while providing peeks at the not-yet-born is one of ultrasound’s most common applications, that’s only a small part of the picture.Ultrasonography, is probably the most widely…

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a leading cause of sexually transmitted diseases, with more than 70% of sexually active people getting the virus at least once in their lifetimes. Persistent infection with some HPV strains can lead to cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in…

New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Prague, Czech Republic, shows that the drug liraglutide, now approved for treatment of obesity as well as for type 2 diabetes in Europe and the USA, reduces occurrence of sleep apnoea more effectively…

New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity in Prague suggests that initiating a glass of red wine each night with dinner in patients with well controlled type 2 diabetes can improve a person’s metabolic profile over two years. The study was performed…

New Studies Point to Clues for How to Offset Cognitive Deficits and Weight Gain Associated with Sleep Deprivation by Altering Timing of Meals and Snacks Eating less late at night may help curb the concentration and alertness deficits that accompany sleep deprivation, according to results…

It may be better for patients to resume taking their blood pressure medication sooner after surgery than previously thought. A new study published in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA®), found resuming angiotensin receptor…

The use of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is now in almost universal use to assist doctors in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. However new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) highlights how anaemia—a common condition in…

Women with luminal A subtype breast cancer – and particularly those older than 60 – may not need radiation treatment if they are already taking hormone therapy, shows clinical research led by radiation oncologists at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre published online today in the…

What are the most influential studies on surgery of the lower (lumbar) spine? The “top 100” research papers in lumbar spine are counted down in a special review in the May 15 issue of Spine, published by Wolters Kluwer.Dr. Samuel K. Cho and colleagues of…

More patients age 9-26 started and completed cervical cancer vaccine series due to electronic health record “prompts” at doctor appointments A new study finds that a simple reminder via electronic health record systems may go a long way in encouraging patients to get the HPV…

The new 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine, can potentially prevent 80 percent of cervical cancers in the United States, if given to all 11- or 12-year-old children before they are exposed to the virus.In addition to protecting against 80 percent of cervical cancers, the new 9-Valent…