News tagged with bone fractures

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Four new drugs will change prostate cancer care

After a decade and a half of near stagnation, four new drugs could help make advanced prostate cancer a chronic illness instead of a terminal disease, a leading Colorado prostate cancer expert says.

Cancer created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ultrasound being used to treat fractures

(Medical Xpress) -- Ultrasound, the diagnostic tool first developed at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the 1950s to scan the body, is now being used in its fracture clinic to help heal fractured bones and speed up the recovery ...

Medical research created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Smart materials that get bone to heal

Bone tissue is very good at self-healing, but in many situations the natural healing process is not sufficient. In a dissertation at Uppsala University, Sonya Piskounova shows how functional materials that ...

Medical research created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Doctors overlook chemical illnesses, study finds

Chemical intolerance contributes to the illnesses of 1 in 5 patients but the condition seldom figures in their diagnosis, according to clinical research directed by a UT Medicine San Antonio physician.

Health created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

hand held device reduces muscle pain in thirty minutes

Using a hand held device the size of a computer mouse for just 30 minutes could significantly change how people deal with, and recover from, the pain associated with musculoskeletal conditions.

Medical research created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Battling brittle bones: Researchers pinpoint the origin of bone fractures

A new study from engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows, for the first time, how the little-understood protein osteocalcin plays a significant role in the strength of our bones. ...

Medical research created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Smart material can heal bone

How do get something to grow out of nothing? This is what the polymer chemistry team at the Department of Chemistry at Ångström Laboratory is discovering at great speed. Their findings mean that ...

Medical research created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Older women should not take calcium, vitamin D: task force

(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.

Health created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Discovery offers new treatment for epilepsy

New drugs derived from components of a specific diet used by children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy could offer a new treatment, according to research published today in the journal Neuropharmacology.

Neuroscience created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D deficiency high among trauma patients

New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that 77 percent of trauma patients had deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D.

Health created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Vitamin D: A double-edged sword in the fight against osteoporosis?

Vitamin D is renowned for its role in creating strong bones and is a key regulator of serum calcium levels. Calcium is primarily obtained through diet and absorbed through the intestine and into the blood stream. In addition ...

Health created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers work to turn back the clock on bone-producing stem cells

Researchers want to turn back the clock on aging stem cells so they'll make better bone.

Medical research created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study highlights what works in osteoporosis treatment

More patients are tested and treated for osteoporosis when fracture clinics have someone dedicated to screening for the bone disease, a new study has found.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toxicity of aromatase inhibitors may explain lack of overall survival improvement

The toxicities associated with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) may explain the lack of overall survival improvement compared with tamoxifen, according to a study published August 22 in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute.

Cancer created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Building bone from cartilage

A person has a tumor removed from her femur. A soldier is struck by an improvised explosive device and loses a portion of his tibia. A child undergoes chemotherapy for osteosarcoma but part of the bone dies as a result.

Medical research created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0