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Osteoporosis Care At Risk In The United States
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2008.11.13]
Cuts to Medicare reimbursement of DXA undermine efforts to properly diagnose and treat osteoporosis and diminish quality of patient care According to a paper published in the November issue of the Springer journal Osteoporosis International, Medicare reimbursement for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been cut to levels substantially below the cost to perform the procedure.
FDA Review Finds Minimal Heart Risk with Osteoporosis Drugs
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology [2008.11.13]
ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) -- The FDA's promised analysis of atrial fibrillation events associated with bisphosphonate drugs for osteoporosis has found that the risk is minimal.
World's Largest Global Congress On Osteoporosis
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2008.11.12]
More than 4,000 health professionals are expected to attend the upcoming IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) to be held from December 3 - 7, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. Detailed information about the congress is available on the IOF website at http://www.iofbonehealth.
Aggressive Osteoporosis Care May Lower Hip Fracture Rate
Source: MedPage Today Surgery [2008.11.06]
PASADENA, Calif. (MedPage Today) -- Patients with osteoporosis who are aggressively identified and treated may have a reduced rate of hip fractures, researchers reported here.
Osteoporosis: 3 Steps Cut Hip Fractures
Source: MedicineNet Fracture Specialty [2008.11.06]
Title: Osteoporosis: 3 Steps Cut Hip Fractures
Category: Health News
Created: 11/6/2008
Last Editorial Review: 11/6/2008
Upcoming IOF World Congress On Osteoporosis Focuses On Repair And Healing Of Osteoporotic Fractures
Source: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News From Medical News Today [2008.10.31]
With three specially focused sessions planned, the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis will offer orthopaedic surgeons a unique opportunity to discuss the specific clinical challenges of fracture healing and repair, and learn how best practice is applied in different regions of the world. Details of the orthopaedic sessions are available below.
Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem
Source: MedicineNet Atrial Fibrillation Specialty [2008.10.28]
Title: Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem
Category: Health News
Created: 10/28/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/28/2008
Osteoporosis Meds Linked to Heart Problem (HealthDay)
Source: Y! Health Osteoporosis News [2008.10.27]
HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The popular bone-building
medications known as bisphosphonates may have a rare, but serious, cardiac
side effect.
Guidelines for Osteoporosis Treatment
Source: MedicineNet calcitonin Specialty [2008.09.16]
Title: Guidelines for Osteoporosis Treatment
Category: Health News
Created: 9/16/2008
Last Editorial Review: 9/16/2008
Osteoporosis Drugs: Risk to the Heart?
Source: MedicineNet alendronate Specialty [2008.04.29]
Title: Osteoporosis Drugs: Risk to the Heart?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2008
Last Editorial Review: 4/29/2008
Thyroid Hormone Could One Day Treat Osteoporosis
Source: MedicineNet Hyperthyroidism Specialty [2008.03.11]
Title: Thyroid Hormone Could One Day Treat Osteoporosis
Category: Health News
Created: 3/11/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/11/2008
No Osteoporosis Drug Proven Best
Source: MedicineNet alendronate Specialty [2007.12.18]
Title: No Osteoporosis Drug Proven Best
Category: Health News
Created: 12/18/2007
Last Editorial Review: 12/18/2007
Osteoporosis
Source: MedicineNet Alpha Thalassemia Specialty [2007.11.30]
Title: Osteoporosis
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 11/30/2007
Osteoporosis Spine Fracture Pain Management
Source: MedicineNet fentanyl transdermal system Specialty [2007.01.02]
Title: Osteoporosis Spine Fracture Pain Management
Category: Ask The Experts
Created: 1/2/2007
Last Editorial Review: 1/2/2007
Osteoporosis Prevention & Treatment
Source: MedicineNet calcitonin Specialty [2006.12.11]
Title: Osteoporosis Prevention & Treatment
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 8/4/1998
Last Editorial Review: 12/11/2006
Osteoporosis Prevention & Treatment - Exercise & Estrogen
Source: MedicineNet calcitonin Specialty [2006.12.11]
Title: Osteoporosis Prevention & Treatment - Exercise & Estrogen
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 8/6/1998
Last Editorial Review: 12/11/2006
Osteoporosis Prevention & Treatment - Medications, Fluoride, Monitoring
Source: MedicineNet calcitonin Specialty [2006.12.11]
Title: Osteoporosis Prevention & Treatment - Medications, Fluoride, Monitoring
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 8/6/1998
Last Editorial Review: 12/11/2006
Thyroid Disease, Osteoporosis and Calcium
Source: MedicineNet Bone Density Scan Specialty [2006.12.07]
Title: Thyroid Disease, Osteoporosis and Calcium
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 10/2/2001 9:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 12/7/2006
Fastest Osteoporosis Drug: Actonel
Source: MedicineNet risedronate Specialty [2006.11.28]
Title: Fastest Osteoporosis Drug: Actonel
Category: Health News
Created: 11/28/2006
Last Editorial Review: 11/28/2006
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for osteoporosis related fracture
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Orthopedics
A review of how vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are being used to treat the pain associated with vertebral compression fractures.
Causes Of Bone Loss In Breast Cancer Survivors Identified By Study
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2008.11.20]
Osteoporosis is a growing concern among breast cancer survivors and their doctors, because certain cancer drugs can cause bone loss. But a new study has found that cancer drugs aren't the only culprits. Among 64 breast cancer patients referred to a bone health clinic, 78 percent had at least one other cause of bone loss, including vitamin D deficiency, excessive calcium excretion in urine and an overactive parathyroid gland.
Major Breakthrough Transforms Field Of Hormone Receptor Research
Source: Endocrinology News From Medical News Today [2008.11.18]
For decades, scientists have been studying nuclear hormone receptors to gain a better understanding of how they turn genes on and off throughout the body and how they function as key drug targets for a number of diseases, such as diabetes, breast cancer, osteoporosis and high cholesterol. A new UVA Health System study, led by Fraydoon Rastinejad, Ph.D.
Tackling Bone Rot From Inside The Genes
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2008.11.17]
Some 50 million people, including one in every two menopausal woman in America, are taking drugs to reduce the dangerous effects of osteoporosis. A little known fact is that a small percentage of these people will actually have the quality of their life diminished. Some are already suing drug companies in America over it.
Cancer Treatment May Result In Bone Loss
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2008.11.16]
New cross-Canada study in Journal of Clinical Oncology outlines risks A new cross-Canada study has found that breast and prostate cancer treatment can foster bone loss. In the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the scientists explain how loss of bone mass might affect 46,000 people diagnosed with breast and prostate cancer each year* and place them at increased risk for osteoporosis and fractures.
Cancer Treatment May Result In Bone Loss - New Cross Canada Study
Source: Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today [2008.11.14]
A new cross-Canada study has found that breast and prostate cancer treatment can foster bone loss. In the online edition of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the scientists explain how loss of bone mass might affect 46,000 people diagnosed with breast and prostate cancer each year* and place them at increased risk for osteoporosis and fractures. "Our study also looked at possible medications that can reverse or halt bone loss," says Dr.
Aggressive bone care could prevent hip fractures (Reuters)
Source: Y! Health Bones, Joints & Muscles News [2008.11.14]
Reuters - If the US health care system "started to take osteoporosis seriously," it could slash the number of Americans who suffer hip fractures by at least 25 percent, according to one of the authors of a new report on managing the brittle bone disease.
Studies do not link heart risk to bone drugs: FDA (Reuters)
Source: Y! Health Osteoporosis News [2008.11.12]
Reuters - A review of clinical trial data from four drugmakers shows no overall risk of heart problems in patients taking drugs to treat osteoporosis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
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