Joint Disorders Perspective

• Battling Obesity by Breaking Down Barriers Two primary care physicians detail their experiences in treating those with obesity through a community-based dedicated weight clinic after receiving their obesity medicine certification.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 19, 2022
• Machine Learning in Rheumatology: Beyond Clinical Instincts Recent examples of machine learning in rheumatology provide a promising framework for showing how its power can be harnessed in clinical care, says Karmela Kim Chan, MD.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, April 05, 2022
• Practice Guidelines Highlights From the Past Year Here are some updates on treating C diff, knee osteoarthritis, and STIs.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 08, 2022
• Managing Hip Pain: Clinicians Debate Readers weighed in on Dr Vega's management of a patient with hip pain. Here's the crowdsourced opinion.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 16, 2021
• Another Reason to Stop the PPI: Clinician Debate All of our readers agreed that a patient's PPI should be stopped. But their reasons for how and why varied.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 13, 2020
• Stop the PPI to Lower COVID-19 Risk? A patient wants to stop taking her proton pump inhibitor because she's heard that it increases risk for COVID. What would you recommend?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 19, 2020
• The Promising Future of Orthobiologics in ACL Surgery Dr Bert Mandelbaum on the mounting evidence supporting platelet-rich plasma and other orthobiologics to treat torn ACLs.
  Medscape Orthopedics, January 15, 2019
• Orthobiologics for Knee Osteoarthritis: Fact, Fiction, or Fantasy? Dr Bert R. Mandelbaum on the evidence, and lack of evidence around orthobiologic treatments for osteoarthritis.
  Medscape Orthopedics, December 17, 2018
• 10 Little Known Uses for Common, Everyday Drugs Drugs you probably prescribe at least weekly have some benefits that are little known.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 03, 2018
• 2017 Advances in Rheumatology Dr Kevin Deane reviews new trials, new treatments, and other major breakthroughs in rheumatology over the past year.
  Medscape Rheumatology, December 29, 2017
• How Sports Empower Women Dr Mandelbaum focuses on the empowerment of the female athlete over time and describes how sports help women gain economic independence.
  Medscape Orthopedics, December 01, 2017
• Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: The Latest Research   The data support a trial of acupuncture for some common pain conditions.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 17, 2017
• Imaging Innovations: New Techniques to Aid Clinicians   Drs Potter and Nwawka from the Hospital for Special Surgery share their thoughts on the latest in ultrasound, MRI, and CT.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, October 12, 2017
• Could Racism Explain Persistent Disparities in Orthopedic Care? The disparities in orthopedic care exist in every part of the country. Income, age, education, and insurance account for some of the disparity, but not all. Could racial discrimination be a factor?
  Medscape Orthopedics, August 17, 2017
• Stem Cells in Sports Medicine: Ready for Prime Time? Stem cell therapy generates lots of excitement, but don't forget other promising biologic treatments, says Dr Mandelbaum.
  Medscape Orthopedics, July 12, 2017
• Evaluating Knee Pain: The Latest in Diagnosis and Management An overview of the most recent data surrounding the various, often confounding sources of knee pain.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 20, 2017
• Chondroitin for Knee OA: More Evidence   Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy highlights one of the week's important news stories for primary care.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 09, 2017
• A 30-Year-Old Diagnosis Never Treated: A Case This woman was never treated for a diagnosis made more than 30 years ago. Was the diagnosis correct? Should she get steroids?
  Hospital for Special Surgery, June 08, 2017
• Test Your Knowledge of Treating Sports Injuries Answer these five questions on treating injuries for an indication of how you would do on an orthopedics board certification or maintenance of certification exam if you had to take one today.
  Maine Orthopaedic Review, May 12, 2017
• Advances in Translational Research in Arthroplasty Dr Bostrom shares his views on pain and instability in arthroplasty, host/implant interactions and infections of the knee, and the driving forces of healthcare economics in orthopedics.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, April 19, 2017