http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research in animals triggered by a combination of serendipity and counterintuitive thinking could point the way to treating fractures caused by rapid bone loss in people, including patients with metastatic cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-steroids-reverse-rapid-bone-loss.html Medical research Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EST news279305366 (HealthDay)—For patients with an osteoporotic fracture, adherence to bisphosphonate treatment is associated with reduced fracture risk; and for veterans with rheumatoid arthritis, non-adherence to bisphosphonate treatment is over 50 percent, according to two studies published in the December issue of Arthritis Care & Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fracture-adherence-bisphosphonates.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:31:18 EST news276442269 Visceral, or deep belly, obesity is a risk factor for bone loss and decreased bone strength in men, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-men-belly-fat-osteoporosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:50:28 EST news273300613 European researchers have published a study which analyses the health economics of increased dairy foods and related reduction in risk of osteoporotic fractures in the population aged over 50. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-health-economic-benefits-boosting-dietary-calcium.html Health Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:00:01 EST news271956063 An analysis of published data in the medical literature has found that vertebroplasty can provide more pain relief and better function for patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures than nonoperative treatments. Vertebroplasty, a medical procedure for reducing pain caused by this type of fracture, involves the injection of an acrylic cement into the body of the fractured vertebrae for stabilization. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-vertebroplasty-reportedly-pain-relief-function.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:48:40 EST news261053313 (HealthDay) -- A leading U.S. government advisory panel has proposed that postmenopausal women not take low-dose calcium and vitamin D supplements daily to ward off bone fractures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-older-women-calcium-vitamin-d.html Health Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:00:01 EST news258741705 A new American study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, calls for more aggressive management of osteoporosis in the extreme elderly as the true impact of osteoporotic hip fractures in those aged 80 years or older is unveiled. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-two-thirds-american-osteoporotic-hip-fractures.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:30:02 EST news258273834 Older women with sleep-disordered breathing, as indicated by measures of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), were more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia than women without this disorder, according to a study in the August 10 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-sleep-disordered-cognitive-impairment-dementia-older.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:30:01 EST news232163109