JCI table of contents: January 19, 2006
...nt bone loss during osteoporosis The risk of bone fracture resulting from falls increases as we age due to bone loss and osteoporosis. Physicians have routinely prescribed vitamin D and vitamin Drelated drugs to retard bone loss, but until now, little was known about the specific targets of vitamin D in bone...Vertebroplasty heals fractures but may cause others, Mayo Clinic study finds
... adjacent to fractures treated with vertebroplasty fracture significantly sooner than more distant vertebrae. ...fractures adjacent and nonadjacent to the original fracture after treatment with vertebroplasty. "Previous studies of vertebroplasty in cadavers and using com...Vertebroplasty improves back pain, activity level, Mayo Clinic study reports
...es or turning over in bed, patients' vertebrae may fracture because their bones are weakened due to osteoporos...er this injury. For four out of five patients, the fracture heals and the accompanying pain goes away in approximately four weeks with bed rest and analgesics. ...Higher dose formulation of FOSRENOL approved to reduce serum phosphorus in esrd patients
...were not designed to detect differences in risk of fracture and mortality, there were no differences demonstra...clude that FOSRENOL(R) does not affect the risk of fracture or mortality beyond three years. While lanthanum has been shown to accumulate in the GI tract, live...Older women who receive pelvic irradiation for cancer have increased risk for pelvic fracture
...rmation in the article. The lifetime risk of a hip fracture after 50 years of age for white women is estimated...diation can result in bone damage and may increase fracture risks. However, the risks have not been well studied. Because of the high baseline incidence of fra...U of M study shows radiation therapy for pelvic cancers increases risk for fractures in older women
...l, and rectal cancers have a higher rate of pelvic fracture than women with pelvic malignancies who do not rec...e 50 already have about a 17 percent chance of hip fracture in their lifetime because of osteoporosis, or thinning of the bones, that accelerates after menopaus...Amgen investigational therapy for bone loss, denosumab, show increased bone mineral density
... men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their remaining lifetime. In Europe, recent estimates have stated that approximately 3.8 million people have experienced bone fractures related to osteoporosis....IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis
...n new drugs which can prevent bone loss and reduce fracture occurrence for patients with osteoporosis. Research must not have been previously presented nor published prior to the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis in Toronto, June 2-6, 2006. Accepted abstracts will be published in the IOF World Congress on O...Military funds research on how nicotine impairs bone healing
...oking reduces the rate at which the two sides of a fracture come together," said Michael Zuscik, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, recipient of the $1.4 million DOD grant. "We believe this new research will establish for the first time ...Statins use associated with lower risk of fractures
... associated with a 36 percent reduction in risk of fracture when compared with no lipid-lowering therapy, acco...s have shown an association between statin use and fracture reduction. However, most studies have been of populations of women even though many statin users are...Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones
...ple "invest in their bones" and reduce the risk of fracture later in life, noted Professor Ghassan Maalouf, an IOF Board member from Lebanon who spoke about the importance of proper diet (including adequate calcium and vitamin D), and sufficient exercise, in building bone strength and mass. He also pointed ou...Magnetic insoles do not provide pain relief, Mayo Clinic study reports
...ets have been shown effective for treating delayed fracture healing, for reducing pain in various musculoskeletal conditions, and for decreasing edema associated with acute trauma, although other studies have shown no benefit in thesesituations. Externally applied static magnets generally are considered safe ...Garvan Insitute scientists suggest new approach for treating patients with brittle bones
...ggesting a new approach to determining the risk of fracture in individuals with the brittle bone disease, oste...um of 1-2 years apart, can improve the accuracy of fracture risk assessment. Currently a bone density (DXA) scan is used to diagnose osteoporosis but, in Austr...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July 2005 (second issue)
...al loss of bone tissue, causing fragile bones that fracture easily.) A adequate supply of vitamin D is needed for the body to absorb calcium from food and incorporate it into bone. A deficiency of vitamin D leads to abnormal bone growth and repair. Of the 134 adults with CF in this study, 109 (81.3 percent) ...Could exercise protect older people from hip fracture?
... protect against the steep increase in risk of hip fracture with age, suggests research in this week's issue of The Lancet. The risk of hip fracture rises exponentially with age, and may result from fragility of the femoral neck. Dr Paul M Mayhew (U...Fracture risk lower for black women than white women at all bone mineral density levels
Black women have a lower risk of fracture than white women at every level of bone mineral de...ckground information in the article. Despite lower fracture rates among black women, the report stressed that osteoporosis is a risk for any aging man or woman,...Medical-errors gap widens between best and worst hospitals: Healthgrades study
...fections due to medical care Post-operative hip fracture Post-operative hemorrhage or hematoma Post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements Post-operative respiratory failure Post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis Post-operative sepsis Post-operative wound dehis...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 3, 2005
... higher risk for bone fractures than those with no fracture risk factor, (Editorial, p. 796.). For this group, alendronate therapy may be "justified and cost-effective," the writer says....No evidence that calcium and vitamin D prevent fractures
...314 women aged 70 and over and at high risk of hip fracture from primary care clinics. The women were randomly...from a practice nurse on how to reduce the risk of fracture and were given calcium and vitamin D tablets to take daily. The control group received only a leafle...Chest x-rays may provide information to help detect osteoporosis in the elderly
...orosis-related vertebral fracture, the most common fracture associated with osteoporosis, according to backgro...he 459 patients had a moderate-to-severe vertebral fracture on the basis of their radiograph. Forty-three (60 percent) of the fractures were documented in the o...