Low self-efficacy, poor sleep initiation, and high pain severity are independent, modifiable predictors of disability in older adults with chronic low back pain.

No significant association was found between body weight variability and structural progression, as measured by joint space loss.

Older age linked to higher performance for most measures; Black, Hispanic, Latino children less likely to have improvement in pain.

(HealthDay News) — Social needs programs focused on smaller, targeted populations are more likely to screen and assist more patients, according to a systematic review published online Nov. 11 in the ...

Since Serena Williams’s endorsement of GLP-1 medications, questions have risen regarding stigma and their performance-enhancing potential.

Prevalence of several dementia risk factors increased for historically underrepresented race-ethnicity categories in dementia studies.

(HealthDay News) — A personalized prehabilitation program significantly alters the immunome before surgery and is associated with improved preoperative physical function and fewer postoperative ...

Officials say the warnings were based on outdated 2002 study data involving older patients and old drug formulas.

Study finds adults on very-high opioid doses (>150 MME/wk) before abrupt discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) had >2x risk of suicide.

Pazdur’s predecessor, Dr. George Tidmarsh, resigned recently after being placed on leave during an inspector general investigation. Tidmarsh, a former biotech executive, criticized the FDA’s ...

Despite their routine use for managing systemic lupus erythematosus, data supporting the effect of antimalarials in protecting against lupus nephritis are limited.

Plus, authors say AI-powered programs may expand reach, convenience versus human-led diabetes prevention programs.