Properly securing trunk crucial in ambulance transport
... around and could in fact lead to further cervical spine injuries." Other research has shown that up to 25 per cent of cervical spine injuries arise or are aggravated during emergency transport and that 40 per cent of those injuries r...New NIAMS grant targets osteoporosis in men
...fetime risk of older men for fractures of the hip, spine orwrist is considerable, the cause and pathology of osteoporosis in men hasn't received the research attentionwe'd like," said NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D. "We're excited about this major study in menthat will plow the same kin......risedronate, the incidence of new fractures of the spine (vertebral) was reducedby 41 percent and non-verte...d to those who took a placebo. BMD increased atthe spine (5.4% versus 1.1%); neck (1.6% versus -1.2%); hip (3.3% versus -0.7%);and forearm (0.2% versus -1.4%......bout half of thosefractures (700,000) occur in the spine and more than 280,000 are hip fractures,which hast...ogen treatment commonly increases bone mass in the spine by about sixpercent in the first year and then adds little more bone mass. The controlgroup in the ......cethe researchers did not precisely know where the spine changes would occur. Themicro-superfusion techniqu...had been preventedpharmacologically no significant spine growth occurred. In summary the experiments show that the induction of functional synapticchanges g...Depressed Older Women At Greater Risk For Fractures
... addition, the bone density of each woman's lumbar spine and hip was measuredusing dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. The women were then contacted by phoneor postcard every four months, for an average of six years, to inquire aboutfalls and fractures. Researchers confirmed any reports of new fractures by...UCSF Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk Of Spine And Hip Fractures By Half In Women With Osteoporosis
...ages of 55 and 82 who hadosteoporosis and previous spine fractures, as detected by x-ray. Researchersfound that alendronate reduced the risk of hip fractures by 51 percent, spinefractures by 47 percent, and all clinical fractures by 28 percent. Alendronate, which is available as FOSAMAX in 72 countries inc...UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
...ip)mineral densities and an 11 percent increase in spine mineral densities whencompared with control subjects who received no Pamidronate. Some 200 lung transplants take place in the world each year because ofcystic fibrosis, Aris estimated, besides the 10,000 to 20,000 other kinds oforgan transpla...$60 Million Brain Institute Opens At University Of Florida
...nced research technologies in studies of brain and spine diseasesand injuries. Tour sites include the neurosurgery training laboratories; the hubof the institute's complex computer network; the imaging suite built to housepowerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems for animal and human research;the U......ightand stooped posture. However, fractures of the spine and a shrinking frame arenot inevitable consequences of aging. Clinical trials have shown that side effects from calcitonin-salmon arecomparable to placebo. Most commonly reported side effects are nasal irritationsuch as runny nose, crusting......alendronate, also reduced the likelihood ofpainful spine fractures by 49 percent in women who have never ha...risk of hipfractures by 51 percent and the risk of spine fractures by 47 percent. Other key findings of the FIT analysis to be presented during the European ......nexpected becausefractures other than those of the spine are much less frequent and the spineresponds much ... 3 percent increase in bone density at the hip and spine after 24 months. During the MORE trial, 7705 osteoporatic postmenopausal women (average age 66.5year...Studies Indicate An Effective Treatment For Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
...mostimportant predictor of fracture risk -- at the spine and hip in men and womentaking steroids compared w...eor length of time on steroid therapy. Increase in spine BMD was highest in post-menopausal women not taking estrogenwho received 10 mg of alendronate, the r......t in thecost-effective evaluation of patients with spine injuries, according to Gary A.Kirsch, RVT, RDCS, a...asound in more than 1,000 cases withpost-traumatic spine injury in which the patients' pain has been difficult toevaluate clinically. They have been able to ...