News tagged with fracture risk

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New osteoporosis drug combination outperforms current alternatives

A combination of two FDA-approved osteoporosis drugs with different mechanisms of action was found to increase bone density better than treatment with either drug alone in a small clinical trial. As reported in paper receiving ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New review sets international standards for best practice in fracture liaison services

Fragility fractures due to osteoporosis are a major cause of disability or premature death in older adults. Those at highest risk are patients who have already suffered one fragility fracture; they are at twice the risk of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgical delay of more than 48 hours increases mortality in older hip fracture patients

Although hip fractures in older patients are known to be a major cause of long term disability and increased risk of death, less is known about the relationship between surgical delay after hip fracture and mortality risk.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple reminders may help prevent fractures

Reminding primary care doctors to test at-risk patients for osteoporosis can prevent fractures and reduce health care costs, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical En ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New scorecard shows inequalities in osteoporosis care in the EU

Today a panel of international experts working in cooperation with the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) have published SCOPE – or Scorecard for Osteoporosis in Europe.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in three people with rheumatoid arthritis at high risk of repeated falls

(Medical Xpress)—One in three people with rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of their age, will fall once or more times a year, according to a new University of Manchester study.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smoking and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls are 'red flag' for postmenopausal osteoporosis

Depression, anxiety, and smoking are associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD) in adults, but these factors have not previously been studied during adolescence, when more than 50% of bone accrual occurs. This longitudinal ...

Health created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical activity during youth may help reduce fracture risk in old age

Get out there and regularly kick that soccer ball around with your kids, you may be helping them prevent a broken hip when they are older, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports ...

Health created Mar 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

European Guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

A new Guidance recently published by the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis (ESCEO) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) reflects the most current advances in the diagnosis and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study outlines risk factors for poor outcome, mortality following hip fracture

A new study, presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), identifies predictors of complications and mortality following a hip fracture, including dialysis, cardiac disease, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grandad's hip fracture a risk factor for osteoporosis

Has your paternal or maternal grandfather broken their hip on any occasion? In that case there is a greater risk that your own bones are more fragile as an adult. This has been demonstrated in a thesis at the Sahlgrenska ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Certain sleep aids may raise hip fracture risk in nursing homes

(HealthDay)—Health staff at nursing homes often give patients sleeping pills to help them sleep, but a new study suggests that a certain class of medications may put patients at raised risk for hip fractures.

Health created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men at 'high' skeletal risk prior to prostate cancer hormone therapy likely to have more fractures after treatment

In what is believed to be the first study to describe the impact on men with a 'high' risk of bone fracture who are receiving long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer, new research from The Cancer ...

Cancer created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fracture risk down with adherence to bisphosphonates

(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 ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cartenoids found to reduce hip fracture risk in lean men

Speaking at the IOF Regionals Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health, announced a study which links carotenoids to decreased hip fracture ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0