News tagged with skeletal fractures
The Medical Minute: What is osteoporosis? Why now? Why me?
Osteoporosis comes from a Latin term which means "holes in the bone." In reality it is a skeletal disease characterized by low bone mineral density and structural deterioration of bone, leading to bone weakness and increased ...
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Vitamin D deficiency is widespead and on the increase
A new report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and published in the scientific journal Osteoporosis International, shows that populations across the globe are suffering from the impact of low levels ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's something of an ecological murder mystery — countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them?
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Dawn of agriculture took toll on health
When populations around the globe started turning to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, regardless of their locations and type of crops, a similar trend occurred: The height and health of the people declined.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Unique canine tooth from Peking man found
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils from so-called Peking man are extremely rare, as most of the finds disappeared during World War II. A unique discovery has been made at the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University—a ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 11, 2011 |
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Drug reduces gum disease, risk of osteoporosis, heart disease in women
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that a federally approved pharmaceutical for treating periodontal disease also significantly reduces risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Hip, thigh implants can raise bone fracture risk in children
Children with hip and thigh implants designed to help heal a broken bone or correct other bone conditions are at risk for subsequent fractures of the very bones that the implants were intended to treat, according to new research ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Scientists discover mechanism involved in breast cancer's spread to bone
In a discovery that may lead to a new treatment for breast cancer that has spread to the bone, a Princeton University research team has unraveled a mystery about how these tumors take root.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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CU researchers use technological innovation to study bone structure
A team of researchers at Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Medical Center announced today the results of the first study comparing bone structure in Chinese-American women to Caucasian women. The report, just presented ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 16, 2011 |
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Denosumab delayed time to first skeletal-related side effect
For patients with breast cancer and bone metastases, denosumab delayed skeletal-related side effects five months longer compared to those on zoledronic acid, according to results presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Novel cancer drug has potential, study reports
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monthly injections of the drug in breast cancer patients whose disease had spread to the bone helped reduce pain and prevent complications with less toxicity than current treatments.
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Prospect of better bone disease diagnosis with new technology
Scientists and medics are set to test a unique technology which could help in the early diagnosis of conditions such as the painful brittle bone disease. The technology, which uses a novel technique devised ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2010 |
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