Ultrasonography is often the preferred method of imaging for needle-guided procedures of the hip joint, including aspirations, local anaesthetic injections, and the use of corticosteroids. Phantoms (i.e., training devices mimicking human tissue and bony structures under acoustic sonography) are used to help train medical professionals to perform these procedures accurately, emphasising the art of physical simulation in unison with didactic learning.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of long-term musculoskeletal disease, and is increasing in prevalence as societies become older. One of the key factors of living well with a disease that spans decades of a patient’s life is to diagnose the condition earlier, long before the disease limits function significantly, or causes disability.

Global action is required to ensure pharma’s commitments to reach Net Zero are realised, according to a new ABPI report.

This year’s European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Cutaneous Lymphoma Tumours Group (CLTG) Annual Meeting was held in Madrid, Spain. Presentations covered a broad range of topics in the field of cutaneous lymphomas, from molecular mechanisms, through diagnostics and prediction of prognosis, to skin-directed and targeted therapies, combination therapies, and patient-reported outcomes.