Importance: Tai chi is a type of exercise recommended for knee osteoarthritis, but access to in-person tai chi can be limited.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of an unsupervised multimodal online tai chi intervention on knee pain and function for people with knee osteoarthritis.
...Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of various exercise modalities as therapeutic interventions for managing knee osteoarthritis.
Design: Systematic review with network meta-analysis.
Data sources: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, AMED,...
What Is the Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccine?
The pneumococcal vaccine protects against infections from a type of bacteria called pneumococcus. Pneumococcus is a common cause of pneumonia (a lung infection), as well as other serious infections. The vaccine prepares your immune system to...
Rationale: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly transmissible pathogen that causes varying degrees of respiratory illness across all age groups. The safety and efficacy profiles of available RSV vaccines, a critical consideration for their integration into public health strategies and...
Background:
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent chronic joint disorder among middle-aged and older adults, characterized by progressive cartilage degeneration, subchondral bone remodeling, and osteophyte formation, leading to joint pain, stiffness, dysfunction, and reduced quality of life....
This JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page describes dense breasts and whether they might lead to higher risk for breast cancer.
Background
Oral semaglutide at a dose of 25 mg may provide an alternative treatment option to injectable semaglutide (2.4 mg) and higher-dose oral semaglutide (50 mg) for persons with overweight or obesity.
Methods
In a 71-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled...
Importance: Nonoperative management (NOM) has emerged as a potential alternative to surgery for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children; however, while short-term outcomes are often favorable, concerns remain about treatment durability, complication rates, and long-term failure. An updated...
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a common premalignant plasma-cell proliferative disorder that is present in approximately 5% of the general population over the age of 50 years.1-4 This disorder is important not only because it is the precursor to plasma-cell cancers...
Importance: Pharmacologic interventions for addressing social impairments in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are lacking. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) studies in individuals with ASD have documented altered glutamate levels in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (pgACC)....
