Spot Dx — What’s behind this swollen foot?
Emily is a 62-year-old office manager who presents with a painful swollen left foot. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you…
Tag: Musculoskeletal
Is implanting spinal cord stimulators for pain really the next pelvic mesh scandal?
For months, private health insurers have been demanding that the TGA stop doctors implanting spinal cord stimulators. Private Healthcare Australia says the devices, which involve…
Medical Must-See: How a simple elbow dislocation led to fasciotomy six hours later
A Japanese woman escaped serious complications, including myonecrosis, following a simple elbow dislocation that morphed into acute compartment syndrome, doctors report. The case also highlights…
Medical Must-See: Doctors land on rare Eagle syndrome diagnosis
A middle-aged woman’s decade-long battle with chronic facial and neck pain was eventually put down to a rare and elusive condition known as Eagle syndrome,…
Blood test could predict knee OA years before radiographic signs: study
Serum biomarkers may predict knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before radiographic abnormalities, a study shows. After analysing blood tests of 200 UK women, half…
Fed Govt plan for 100 fracture clinics will provide ‘little benefit at high cost’
Launching dozens more fracture liaison services in hospitals would prevent fewer than 1% of an estimated 2.4 million fractures over a decade, a modelling study…
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Patient’s spinal fracture leads to GP diagnosis of rare genetic disorder
An unusual spinal fracture led GP Dr John Manton to uncover a rare genetic disorder that would have probably gone undiagnosed without him. His patient…
Difficulty walking? It could be an ‘early warning sign’ for fractures
Over-45s who struggle to walk for one kilometre are up to three times more likely to experience fractures than those without such limitations, Australian doctors…
‘We did not expect these results’: Testosterone therapy linked to higher fracture risk
Testosterone treatment may increase fracture risk in middle-aged and older men with hypogonadism, according to new research that contradicts conventional wisdom. While exogenous testosterone has…
