September 11, 2026

Robotic knee surgery put to the test

RACER-Knee compared Mako-assisted and conventional total knee replacement across 10 hospitals in Great Britain.

MDSpire News

September 04, 2026

Inside the hip osteoarthritis microbiome

Investigators compared intra-articular microbial profiles and predicted metabolic pathways in patients with hip osteoarthritis and nonarthritic controls.

MDSpire News

September 02, 2026

What heat brings to acute care

Researchers screened more than 1,800 diagnosis categories across nearly 917,000 acute-care encounters in Chicago.

MDSpire News

August 31, 2026

Nocturnal pain in elbow disorders may predict sleep quality

Prospective multicenter study found poorer sleep quality was associated with greater pain and functional disability across common elbow conditions.

MDSpire News

August 31, 2026

How does IBD relate to joint infection risk?

Investigators assessed 90-day outcomes among patients with IBD who underwent elective total joint arthroplasty.

MDSpire News

August 21, 2026

Sex-based differences in hip replacement outcomes

A systematic review of more than 2.3 million patients found that women and men had different patterns of postoperative complications and recovery, with age and implant strategy modifying observed differences.

MDSpire News

August 21, 2026

Does kinematic alignment better restore gait in CPAK type 1 TKA?

Overall knee kinematics were similar between alignment strategies, but subgroup findings pointed to more physiologic gait with kinematic alignment.

MDSpire News

August 20, 2026

Medical Oddities: Sheep wool gets into bone repair

From sheep wool to space guts, cannabis beats to tea: science took a wonderfully weird turn. 

MDSpire News

August 20, 2026

Spondyloarthritis function varies by sex

Women had greater functional deterioration over 17 years, while permanent work disability did not differ significantly between sexes.

MDSpire News

August 18, 2026

How clinicians discuss activity may matter

Achievable goals, activity tracking, and social support are among the strategies JAMA researchers recommend for patients with chronic medical conditions.

MDSpire News