An international study, led by researchers at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU) at the University of Southampton, has found that obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery are not at an increased risk of broken bones in the first few years after the operation...
A large US study of older people with a diagnosis of cataract, finds that the risk of hip fracture is lower following cataract surgery, suggesting the vision-improving surgery may reduce the odds of injury-related falls. The study, which appears in the 1 August online issue of JAMA, reports how...
An international expert task force is calling on health care providers to aggressively identify and provide care for the millions of people who have suffered their first osteoporosis-related fracture, in order to prevent subsequent fractures...
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Based on the results of a pooled analysis of 11 unrelated randomized clinical trials investigating vitamin D supplementation and fracture risk in more than 31,000 older adults, Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research...
A study conducted at the University of Granada has demonstrated that ibuprofen Â*- a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)Â* - has beneficial effects on bone repair after a fracture or following bone surgery. In vitro tests demonstrated that - unlike other NSAIDs - when a therapeutic dose...
For older adults with "C2" fractures of the upper (cervical) spine, surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short- and long-term outcomes, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott...
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Thromboembolic events - such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), blood clots developing in the extremities; or pulmonary embolism (PE), a complication that causes a blood clot to move to the lungs - can occur following musculoskeletal injury and related surgery, and are potentially life threatening...
According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in post-menopausal women if they take indigestion medications, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). This figure rises to 50% if the women are former or current smokers. Globally, PPIs are one of...
According to an investigation published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of JAMA/Archives journals, hip fracture is connected with an increase in short-term mortality (death within one year) for women between the ages of 65 to 79 years and for healthy women aged 80 years and...
People who have had gastric bypass surgery or other bariatric weight-loss surgery have an even higher increased risk of breaking bones than previously found. These study findings will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. "A negative effect on bone health...
CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical device company, announced the national commercial launch of the AVAmax® Vertebral Balloon, a minimally invasive device for use during kyphoplasty, a procedure for treating spinal compression fractures. The AVAmax Vertebral Balloon represents...
More and more economic-minded Democrats are against Obama's plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire. Will we get an answer before the November elections, or will they pull some lame duck crap?
The Democrats already shamelessly postponed the trial location of the 9/11 terrorists until after...
I was getting a soda can out of the fridge and it was about 4 feet off the ground and the can slipped out of my fingers onto my 2nd toe (the one next to the big toe). Is it a possibility it is fractured?
A new study presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO-ECCEO10) in Florence, Italy shows that DMPA, a commonly used injectible contraceptive, is associated with higher risk of bone fracture when used alone, and not in combination with estrogens. Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate...
A new study presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO-ECCEO10) in Florence, Italy shows that DMPA, a commonly used injectible contraceptive, is associated with higher risk of bone fracture when used alone, and not in combination with estrogens. Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate...
Recently i found a kitten that looks about six months old and he has what appears to be a fracture on his back leg that seems to have healed up and is crooked. I don't have the money to take him to the vet and have it looked at so I am keeping an eye on him but he started limping more today, and...
i accidently dropped something on the top of my foot and its sore but i can walk still though with a mild sense of pain as i put pressure onto it.
is it possible?
or am i just going to have a big old bruise? i know you dont have x ray vision, but just an opinion would be sweet!
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