October 14, 2026

Ureteral obstruction linked to degenerative sacroiliitis

CT identified an unusual cause of hydronephrosis despite stable renal function and no urinary symptoms.

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October 12, 2026

Cumulative training load may signal musculoskeletal injury

Wearable sensor measures showed associations with musculoskeletal injury, but evidence certainty remained very low.

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October 08, 2026

Medical Oddities: Kratom tea takes a cardiac turn

Tea with a troubling cardiac turn, frozen fish cake, rebuilding cartilage, and a bedtime snack this week.

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October 06, 2026

Knee vibrations may signal cartilage damage

Machine-learning models distinguished healthy knees from those with osteoarthritis-related cartilage damage, but age and BMI performed as well as or better than the vibration-based models.

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September 28, 2026

Lasers trigger pigmentation from past gold therapy

Short-pulse lasers triggered chrysiasis more than 30 years after treatment in 2 patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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September 24, 2026

DPP-4 inhibitors may have specific autoimmune risks

Associations with dermatomyositis, bullous pemphigoid, psoriasis, and autoimmune thyroiditis differed across commonly used diabetes drug classes.

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September 23, 2026

Muscle recovery following knee arthroplasty

Investigators assessed changes in quadriceps and hamstring strength and flexibility through 12 months following total knee arthroplasty.

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September 14, 2026

Menopause may be underdocumented in EHRs

Surveys captured nearly 7 times as many menopause observations as structured clinical records, with high agreement when both sources identified menopause.

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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.

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September 08, 2026

JIA risk may be linked to pregnancy factors

Investigators followed 78,901 offspring using pregnancy and national registry data through 2023.

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