July 15, 2025

Starting a New Journey: Billing Medical Insurance

Oral physicians can enhance their comprehensive treatment by filing medical benefits, even if they remain a fee-for-service practice.

Compendium

July 15, 2025

Use of a Single-File Reciprocating R20 in a Complex Retreatment

The reciprocating motion reduces continuous torsional stress, improves resistance to cyclic fatigue, and preserves canal anatomy.

Compendium

July 15, 2025

Genetic Markers Don’t Guide RA Drug Choice

A large UK study found no significant difference in treatment effectiveness between abatacept and adalimumab for rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of patients’ HLA-DRB1 genetic profiles.

Conexiant

July 15, 2025

Cementless Knee Implants Show Superior Outcomes in Patients With Obesity

A new review comparing knee implant methods in obese patients finds cementless fixation may improve implant survival and reduce loosening compared with cemented approaches, especially in patients with BMI ≥35 kg/m².

Conexiant

July 15, 2025

Methotrexate Shows No Knee OA Symptom Benefit, Study Finds

A 52-week randomized clinical trial found no significant difference between methotrexate and placebo in reducing pain or effusion-synovitis in patients with inflammatory knee osteoarthritis.

Conexiant

July 15, 2025

Hospital Violence Program Shows No Reinjury Gain

Researchers evaluate the Life Outside of Violence program and find no significant reduction in youth reinjury risk after violent trauma.

Conexiant

July 14, 2025

GLP-1 Use Tied to Reflux Complications

Researchers found that GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with an increased risk of GERD and related complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Conexiant

July 14, 2025

Potential Links Between Infection and Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers examine the potential contribution of Chlamydia pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2 infections to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis, focusing on neuroinflammatory mechanisms and genetic factors such as APOEε4.

Conexiant

July 14, 2025

Skin Autoimmune Disorders Tied to Longer Cancer Survival

A large nationwide study in Taiwan found that patients with autoimmune skin diseases had lower all-cause and cancer-specific mortality following cancer treatment compared with those without these conditions.

Conexiant