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There are approximately 750,000 new vertebral compression fractures each year in the United States, with resultant acute and chronic back pain in over one‐third of patients with vertebral fractures (VF).  Both percutaneous vertebroplasty or balloon kyphoplasty have been advocated as useful means of restoring vertebral height and strength capable of reducing pain in symptomatic patients.

Approximately 90% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have foot problems. A multidisciplinary panel (including 2 patients, 22 professionals (rheumatologists, rehabilitation physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, specialized nurses, podiatrists, orthopaedic shoe technicians, pedicurists, researchers) in the Netherlands set out to develop recommendations for those who treat RA foot problems. 

The Annals of Internal Medicine has published a cohort study of lupus nephritis patients with end-stage renal disease showing that renal transplantation is associated with improved survival benefit, and a reduction in death from cardiovascular disease and infection.