Kristine Houck

The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium will gather the clinical and administrative leadership across university-based musculoskeletal enterprises to share best practices across the business and leadership of academic missions.This year’s symposium, which is being held from Oct. 12-14 in Chicago, will draw 180 chairs, vice chairs and chief administrative

PHILADELPHIA — Obesity-associated dysregulated aldosterone is an endotype predictive of response to lorundrostat for patients with uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week. In a post-hoc analysis of the Target-HTN phase 2 trial, researchers identified a population of responders to lorundrostat (Mineralys), an orally administered,

PHILADELPHIA — Sparsentan was shown to be well-tolerated and demonstrated sustained anti-proteinuria effects at the final analysis of 110 weeks, according to research presented at ASN Kidney Week. Brad H. Rovin, chief of nephrology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, presented results of the phase 3 PROTECT Trial, here.   

PHILADELPHIA — Sparsentan was shown to be safe and well-tolerated, and reduced proteinuria in adults with IgA nephropathy, according to studies presented at ASN Kidney Week. In this video interview with Healio, Jula K. Inrig, MD, chief medical officer of Travere Therapeutics Inc., discussed findings from a preliminary trial that investigated the efficacy the novel, non-immunosuppressive,

SAN FRANCISCO — Orthopedic surgeons are aware of recent parental leave policy changes; however, most reported that at least the parent who gave birth needs more than 6 weeks of leave, according to recently presented data.Results of the survey on opinions and factors that influence the length of parental leave were presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Kidney transplant recipients who experience more bodily pain have less involvement and ability to participate in social activities than kidney transplant patients who report less pain, according to data at ASN Kidney Week.“The clinical implication is that chronic pain is a very relevant issue which requires more clinical attention. Management of chronic pain is a complex

SAN DIEGO — Researchers reported a sudden decrease in all-cause hospitalization at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was an increase in all-cause mortality in patients on maintenance dialysis. Monica Shieu, MS, PhD, of Dialysis Clinic Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues, studied the 4-year impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mortality and hospitalization

SAN DIEGO — Patients have twice the risk of inpatient complications and mortality after having a second, contralateral hip fracture within 5 years of their first hip fracture, according to recently presented data.“When those patients come in, they are sicker. They have developed more comorbidities, and their ambulatory status has decreased significantly,” Sanjit R. Konda, MD, of

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Robert L. Barrack, MD, spoke about advancements in technology and instrumentation for robotic knee replacement.“We are able to customize anatomy, alignment, ligament balance and kinematics,” Barrack, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight professor of orthopaedic surgery, Division of Joint Preservation, Reconstruction and Replacement at

NEW ORLEANS — Women who start early menopausal hormone therapy after menopause have a lower risk for osteoporosis over a 5-year period, according to data presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.“We know that with the aging population, fragility fractures are going to be a real problem in the future, and HRT is protective and may decrease the fracture