Older man with left ankle pain after a low-speed fall off a motorcycle

2 days ago | Healio

A 75-year-old man presented to the ED with left ankle pain after a low-speed fall off a motorcycle that resulted in a twisting injury to his left leg. The patient was able to...
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Anti-fibrotics found to be safe, effective for interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

3 days ago | News Medical

For the first time, researchers have shown that a class of anti-fibrotic drugs slows the progression of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis .
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Pirfenidone may slow lung function decline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-ILD

4 days ago | Healio

In the phase 2 TRAIL1 trial, treatment with pirfenidone slowed the rate of lung function decline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease and...
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Pre-arthritis methotrexate use improves RA course, fails to prevent clinical arthritis

6 days ago | Healio

Methotrexate use at the pre-arthritis stage of symptoms and subclinical inflammation fails to prevent clinical arthritis, but does improve symptoms and MRI-detected...
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Rheumatoid arthritis drug can reduce the risk of deterioration in myasthenia gravis

6 days ago | News Medical

Early intervention with rituximab, a drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis , can reduce the risk of deterioration in myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that...
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Simultaneous bilateral total ankle arthroplasty seen as comparable to staged procedure

8 days ago | Healio

QUEBEC CITY - Under surgeon expertise in appropriately selected patients, simultaneous bilateral total ankle arthroplasty has comparable outcomes with the staged procedure for...
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Pain Management 101: An Overview Of Causes, Diagnosis, And Treatment

11 days ago | HealthWorks Collective

At some point in your life, you must have experienced pain in a part of your body, like a stubbed toe or a headache. In fact, pain is the body's way of letting you know that...
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ILD Day: Recent updates in treatment, management of interstitial lung disease

11 days ago | Healio | 2 articles

Sept. 14 marks the second annual ILD Day, which aims to increase awareness of interstitial lung diseases. There are more than 200 causes of ILD. Over 50,000 cases of ILD are...
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Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain

11 days ago | Web MD

A recent poll finds 70% of people over 50 experience joint pain at least occasionally and about 60% have been told they have some form of arthritis.
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Risankizumab maintains skin, joint symptom resolution in psoriatic arthritis at 100 weeks

13 days ago | Healio

Adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis who received risankizumab reported sustained improvements in skin and joint symptoms at week 100 in two ongoing phase 3 trials...
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Green's form pressures Marsh, Stoinis to prove their World Cup fitness

Cameron Green's India exploits mean Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis will not want to put a single foot wrong in their returns from injury Read more ...

‘Huge wake-up call': Optus to offer credit monitoring as government...

In her first significant comments since the hack, the cybersecurity minister confirmed almost 3 million Optus customers had significant amounts of personal data stolen in last... Read more ...

Princess Mary filmed dancing at royal event

In a rare glimpse of her royal duties Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, has been filmed dancing at an official event with husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Read more ...

Australian NFL rookie gets high praise after win

Former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson praised Australia's Daniel Faalele for stepping up when the team needed him. Read more ...

The Ocean Cleanup puts an end to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The 1.6 square kilometres of plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is being removed by The Ocean Cleanup. Read more ...

Kurt Fearnley appointed chair of NDIA

The new chair of the NDIA, former Paralympian Kurt Fearnley, says it is important for NDIS participants to see themselves in the scheme. Read more ...

Gentlemen Jim: neurologist, mentor and inspiration

‘Gentleman Jim' McLeod was a world authority in the fields of multiple sclerosis and disorders of peripheral nerves, and a mentor to generations of young medical professionals. Read more ...

Caddick hired document shredder after investigation launched, ASIC tells inquest

The regulator's lead investigator Isabella Allen, however, said she didn't believe Melissa Caddick was tipped off about their investigation into her Ponzi scheme. Read more ...

DNA lab staff raised concern about testing change, inquiry hears

A powerful public probe into the Queensland government's forensic lab has held its first public hearing after an interim report rocked the state's criminal justice system. Read more ...

What the West should learn from the protests in Iran

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, clearly believes that compromising on the regime's ideological pillars - including hijab - will only hasten its collapse. Read more ...