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Found 31 result(s) FROM 1963 pages containing the term 'evidence-based medicine'.
Thursday May 28, 2009
Primary Care Docs Still Pitching Bed Rest for Low Back Pain
Many primary care physicians are still recommending bed rest and other outdated approaches for low back pain...
Friday Feb 20, 2009
Pain Doctors Aim to Cut Opioid Abuse, Side Effects
A new guideline issued by the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) aims to reduce opioid abuse, addiction, and diversion, and to minimize side effects among patients taking opioids for with chronic non-cancer pain...
Monday Jan 12, 2009
Do FDA Statin Ad Rules Make Patients Fear Myopathy?
Statins cause no more muscle problems than placebo, so why do so many patients (and some physicians) worry?...
Tuesday Jan 06, 2009
Forget Knee OA Glucosamine, Orthotics—Lose Weight, AAOS Says
New knee arthritis guidelines from the premier American orthopaedics society say that glucosamine and/or chondroitin, custom-made shoe foot orthotics, and needle lavage are basically useless for the treatment of knee OA, but losing weight helps...
Friday Sep 19, 2008
Axial Biotech Initiates Clinical Field Test for ScoliScore™ AIS Prognostic Test
The ScoliScore™ AIS Prognostic Test can determine whether a child has a mild or more severe likelihood of curve progression, at the first presentation of symptoms...
Monday Aug 25, 2008
Annals of Internal Medicine Study Says Merck ADVANTAGE Trial Was Marketing Dressed Up as Science
New findings based on internal Merck records disclosed during litigation show that ADVANTAGE (Assessment of Differences between Vioxx and Naproxen To Ascertain Gastrointestinal Tolerability and Effectiveness) was actually a seeding trial designed to support a marketing campaign before Vioxx’s launch…
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Is "Diarthritis" the New Epidemic? Maybe
We've heard of diabesity (the converging epidemic of diabetes and obesity) and now doctors may be seeing more diarthritis (diabetes plus arthritis) in their patients…
Monday Feb 25, 2008
New Guide Helps Predict 10-Year Fracture Risk
A new guide can help doctors evaluate fracture risk and make treatment decisions in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis...
Thursday Jan 31, 2008
Single Face-to-Face Patient Ed Session Helps Acute, But Not Chronic, Back Pain Patients Return to Work Sooner
A single 2.5 hour individual patient education session given by a trained healthcare specialist can hasten the return to work for patients with acute or subacute low back pain (LBP), but does not have a similar effect on chronic LBP...
Thursday Dec 20, 2007
New EULAR Recommendations on Systemic Glucocorticoids Stress Monitoring for Adverse Events
EULAR has issued new evidence-based recommendations on the management of systemic glucocorticoid therapy in rheumatic diseases...
Thursday Oct 04, 2007
New Low Back Pain Guidelines Discourage Routine Imaging or Rest for Most Patients
New clinical guidelines for low back pain (LBP) discourage routine imaging in nonspecific LBP, set criteria for diagnostic imaging including MRI, recommend NSAIDs or acetaminophin as first-line drugs, urge the addition of nondrug therapy in difficult cases, and tell physicians to keep patients moving...
Thursday Sep 27, 2007
Panel Issues New Guidelines for Use of Imaging in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Although standard X-rays are essential for diagnosis and MRI may help diagnose early cases before radiographic damage develops, no form of imaging is yet useful for monitoring response to treatment or for routine monitoring of disease progression in AS, experts say...
Monday Aug 27, 2007
Harkness Dance Medicine Head Urges Clinicians to Prepare for the "High School Musical 2" Generation
Musicals are back, dance classes are filled, clinicians are facing more dancers or former dancers with musculoskeletal problems, and dance medicine experts are urging clinicians to heed the beat of dancing feet...
Thursday Jul 12, 2007
Coffee Consumption Slashes Gout Risk
Coffee may stave off gout before it starts, but patients who do develop gout are likely to receive suboptimal care...
Thursday Apr 12, 2007
Dropping 5% of Weight in 20 Weeks Reduces Disability, Pain in Knee OA
Losing just 5% of total body weight within a 20-week period — or 0.25% per week — should be enough for overweight or obese patients with knee OA to feel and function better. . .
Tuesday Feb 13, 2007
Wider Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Axial LBP Urged at Pain Medicine Meeting
Spinal cord stimulation is effective for axial low back pain (LBP) as well as for radiculopathy and should be more widely used for pain relief in LBP patients who have persistent pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome...
Wednesday Jan 31, 2007
First, Do No Harm—Exercise Won't Up Risk of Knee OA
Exercise neither protects against nor increases the risk of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in older, overweight adults…
Tuesday Oct 03, 2006
FRISK Score Seen As Alternative to T- or Z-Score for Predicting Fracture Risk
The Fracture Risk (FRISK) Score was developed to predict fracture more accurately than bone mineral density alone, but questions have been raised about its clinical usefulness... Henry MJ, et al. Radiology. 2006:241:190-196.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2006
EULAR Fibromyalgia Recommendations Surprisingly Upbeat
Far from being a hard-to-treat condition, fibromyalgia is yielding to a whole range of pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies, according to a review presented by Ernest H. Choy, MD, at the 2006 EULAR Meeting...
Monday Jun 19, 2006
EULAR Issues First Gout Guidelines in Advance of Annual Meeting
The EULAR Gout Task Force has issued a two-part set of evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of gout... Zhang W, et al. Ann Rheum Dis [serial online]; 17 May 2006.
Wednesday May 31, 2006
British Clinicians Challenge Restrictive TNF Inhibitor Guidelines
British guidelines for the use of TNF inhibitors are unduly restrictive and should be revised, practitioners charge... Deighton CM, et al. Rheumatology. 2006;45:649-652.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2006
TNF-alpha Inhibitors Increase Postop Infection Risk in RA Patients
The first systematic investigation linking TNF inhibitor therapy in RA to postoperative infections suggests that clinicians should consider interrupting anti-TNF treatment prior to orthopaedic surgery procedures... Giles JT, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;55:333-337
Wednesday Dec 14, 2005
New England Journal of Medicine Editors Call for Correction of VIGOR Trial
In response to the revelation that three additional myocardial infarctions were withheld from the original Vioxx® GI Outcomes Research (VIGOR) trial submitted to the New England Journal of Medicine, the editors of the journal have called into question the integrity of the data and requested that the authors submit a correction to account for the "inaccuracies and deletions" in the original published article...Curfman GD, et al. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:2813-2814.
Monday Oct 31, 2005
Meta-Analysis Points to the Need to Customize Treatment for Subtypes of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
With the increased recognition that radiologic joint and cartilage damage occurs earlier in the course of juvenile idiopathic arthritis than originally thought, a recently released literature review underlines the importance of taking a customized approach to treatment of the disease. However, despite treatment advances, researchers argue that there is no evidence-based consensus on the optimal treatment regimen for several subtypes of JIA. Hashkes PJ, Laxer RM. JAMA. 2005;294:1671-1684.
Monday Sep 19, 2005
A Leading Rheumatologist Reflects on How Cyclooxygenase Became a Household Word
Just as it appeared that the dust from the great COX-2 controversies had begun to settle, a jury in Texas awarded a plaintiff a judgment against Merck & Co for one quarter of a billion dollars - indeed, for a death that, arguably, was not Vioxx-related.
Friday Apr 01, 2005
Injectable Capsaicin Formulation Safe and Effective in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
In the search for alternatives to coxibs, traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and opioid analgesics, preliminary data suggest that injectable capsaicin is safe and well tolerated in patients with osteoarthritic knee pain, without the side effects of systemic treatments...Presented at: 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society; March 30-April 2, 2005; Boston, Mass.
Friday Feb 18, 2005
European Medicines Agency Calls Cardiovascular Risk a Class Effect of Coxibs
EMEA calls for stricter labeling and restricted use for COX-2 inhibitors... will the FDA follow suit? EMEA press release. London, UK; February 17, 2005.
Tuesday Jan 18, 2005
One-Third of US Adults Including Growing Numbers of Arthritis Patients Turn to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
In response to continued use of these products, rheumatologists are urged to become more aware of nonprescription medications and drug-herb interactions...Tindle HA. Altern Ther Health Med. 2005;11:42-49.
Tuesday Nov 23, 2004
Large National Survey Shows Importance of Anxiety Disorders in the Psychopathology of Pain Syndromes
Recent findings add to an emerging body of data suggesting that anxiety may have a stronger association with arthritis and other pain conditions than depression& McWilliams LA, et al. Pain. 2004;111:77-83.
Wednesday Oct 20, 2004
Awards Given to Key Investigators for Clinical Research; Community and Professional Service
The second awards session reflected the diversity of contributions rheumatologists make in scientific research and in their communities.
Tuesday Oct 05, 2004
New Focus on Osteoporosis Risk in Men
Until recently, osteoporosis, a known health risk in postmenopausal women, has attracted scant attention as a health risk for men. Although men and women alike benefit from treatment for osteoporosis, men receive treatment far less frequently, even after fractures.
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