News tagged with human parathyroid hormone
Teriparatide outperforms alendronate in treating steroid-induced osteoporosis
A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone. Researchers found patients with glucocorticoid-induced OP who were ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Bears may hold key to osteoporosis treatment
All it takes is a few days of bed rest for human bones to start to weaken. Stretch that out many weeks, and we risk full-blown osteoporosis and its attendant woes of broken hips, wrists and vertebrae. Bears ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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New research reveals important role for parathyroid glands and their control of calcium
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Georgia study has revealed that one of the body's most misunderstood organs, the parathyroid gland, plays a vital role in controlling the amount of calcium in the body’s blood system.
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Mar 09, 2011 |
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Timing is everything in combination therapy for osteoporosis
The adult human skeleton undergoes constant remodeling, with new bone forming at sites that have been broken down by a precise process called resorption. During remodeling, skeletal stem cells are recruited to resorption ...
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Nov 04, 2010 |
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Osteoporosis drug improves healing after rotator cuff surgery
Tears in the shoulder's rotator cuff, a common sports injury, are painful and restricting. Surgery to repair the damage is successful for pain management, but in many patients it does not result in full recovery of function ...
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Mar 10, 2010 |
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University of Pittsburgh researchers launching trial of new osteoporosis drug
Endocrinologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC are launching a human trial of a new drug that their research indicates holds great promise for building bones weakened by osteoporosis.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Stem cell success points to way to regenerate parathyroid glands
An early laboratory success is taking University of Michigan researchers a step closer to parathyroid gland transplants that could one day prevent a currently untreatable form of bone loss associated with thyroid surgery.
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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Hormone promises to keep joint injuries from causing long-term osteoarthritis
An existing osteoporosis drug is the first ever found to prevent cartilage loss from osteoarthritis following injury to a joint, and may also regenerate some cartilage that has been lost to osteoarthritis, according to an ...
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Sep 12, 2009 |
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Study results promise faster recovery from life-threatening blood cell shortages
A key compound resupplies bone marrow with fast-acting stem cells that can more quickly rekindle blood cell production, according to a study published online today in the journal Blood. While the study was in mice, in the ...
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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New robot-assisted surgical method found successful for treatment of thyroid cancer
Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Turning on hormone tap could aid osteoporosis fight
A potential new drug that 'opens the taps' for the release of useful hormones could stimulate new bone growth – and may eventually bring relief to osteoporosis sufferers.
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Jul 16, 2008 |
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