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Education can reassure people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain: a 3-arm, randomised, online experiment – Joshua R. Zadro et al.

2024-02-11T14:37:27+11:00Clinical guidelines, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Shoulder, Treatment|

We aimed to investigate the immediate effect of best practice education (with and without pain science messages) and structure-focused education on reassurance among people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain. We conducted a 3-arm, parallel-group, randomised experiment. People with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain were randomised (1:1:1) [...]

A systematic review and meta-analysis of short-stay programmes for total hip and knee replacement, focusing on safety and optimal patient selection – Danielle Berkovic et al.

2024-02-11T13:55:49+11:00Hip, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Risk, Treatment|

Short-stay joint replacement programmes are used in many countries but there has been little scrutiny of safety outcomes in the literature. We aimed to systematically review evidence on the safety of short-stay programmes versus usual care for total hip (THR) and knee replacement (KR), and [...]

Opioid analgesics for nociceptive cancer pain: A comprehensive review – Christina Abdel Shaheed et al.

2024-02-11T13:40:24+11:00Cancer, Opioids, Pain, Prescribing, Publications, Treatment|

Pain is one of the most burdensome symptoms in people with cancer, and opioid analgesics are considered the mainstay of cancer pain management. For this review, the authors evaluated the efficacy and toxicities of opioid analgesics compared with placebo, other opioids, nonopioid analgesics, and nonpharmacologic [...]

Decline in the incidence of distant recurrence of breast cancer: A population-based health record linkage study, Australia 2001-2016 – Sarah J Lord et al.

2023-12-04T14:19:11+11:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Publications, Treatment, Women's health|

We investigated differences in cumulative incidence of first distant recurrence following non-metastatic breast cancer over a time period when new adjuvant therapies became available in Australia. We conducted a health record linkage study of females with localized (T1-3N0) or regional (T4 or N+) breast cancer [...]

Evidence of shared genetic factors in the etiology of gastrointestinal disorders and endometriosis and clinical implications for disease management – Fei Yang et al.

2023-12-04T12:57:26+11:00Genetic testing, Prescribing, Publications, Treatment, Women's health|

In clinical practice, the co-existence of endometriosis and gastrointestinal symptoms is often observed. Using large-scale datasets, we report a genetic correlation between endometriosis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), peptic ulcer disease (PUD), gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GORD), and a combined GORD/PUD medicated (GPM) phenotype. Mendelian randomization analyses [...]

Gene therapy in cardiology: is a cure for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on the horizon? – Elizabeth D Paratz et al.

2024-06-05T16:06:18+10:00Cardiovascular disease, Genetic testing, Hypertension, Precision medicine, Publications, Risk, Treatment|

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the commonest genetic cardiomyopathy world-wide, affecting approximately 1 in 500 individuals. Current therapeutic interventions comprise lifestyle optimisation, medications, septal reduction therapies and rarely cardiac transplantation. Advances in our understanding of disease-causing genetic variants in HCM and their associated molecular mechanisms have [...]

Use of CT, ED presentation and hospitalisations 12 months before and after a diagnosis of cancer in Western Australia: a population-based retrospective cohort study – Ninh Thi Ha et al.

2023-12-01T14:21:39+11:00Cancer, Imaging, Overdiagnosis, Overtesting, Publications, Risk, Screening, Treatment|

The present study examines the patterns of hospital and emergency department services in conjunction with both pre and post diagnostic periods of CT use, which has not been evaluated to date in adult patients with cancer. The cohort makes use of whole of population data [...]

Time to reflect on open-label placebos and their value for clinical practice – Caitlin M. P. Jones et al.

2023-12-01T12:25:49+11:00Practitioners, Publications, Research, Research ethics, Treatment|

Basic science has found limited evidence from small studies of genuine positive effects on health and wellbeing outcomes, caused by positive treatment expectations, known as placebo effects.1 Naturally, many researchers and clinicians are curious about how to harness the placebo effect in clinical practice to improve [...]

The effect of body mass index and preoperative weight loss in people with obesity on postoperative outcomes to 6 months following total hip or knee arthroplasty: a retrospective study – Natalie Pavlovic et al.

2023-12-01T12:15:53+11:00Hip, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Osteoarthritis, Publications, Surgery, Treatment|

Few studies have investigated the association between obesity, preoperative weight loss and postoperative outcomes beyond 30- and 90-days post-arthroplasty. This study investigated whether body mass index (BMI) and preoperative weight loss in people with obesity predict postoperative complications and patient-reported outcomes 6 months following total knee [...]

Does mammographic density predict survival in women with invasive breast cancer? The need to account for potential confounding from cancer stage and overdiagnosis – Katie J Bell & Meagan Brennan

2023-12-01T12:05:02+11:00Breast cancer, Breast density, Cancer, Publications, Risk, Screening, Treatment|

High breast density on mammography is a well-established risk factor for a breast cancer diagnosis. There is interest in whether breast density might also predict how aggressive a breast cancer is, including the likelihood of causing death. If mammographic features at the time of cancer [...]

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