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UCSF Medical Center named to Honor Roll of nation's top hospitals

U.S. News & World Report ranks UCSF Health adult care among nation's top 10 hospitals in 7 specialties, Best in the West for neurology/neurosurgery and rheumatology.

1 Aug 2023

$Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture$

Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture

There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, a new study aimed at understanding how hospital care impacts patients' outcomes and costs has revealed.

10 Jul 2023

Testing whether osteoporosis drugs plus “bone-loading” exercises can help older adults to safely lose weight

A $7 million study beginning this summer at Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University School of Medicine will help determine whether a combination of resistance training plus bone-strengthening exercises and/or osteoporosis medication use can help older adults safely lose weight without sacrificing bone mass.

30 Jun 2023

$Study: Hip fracture cases estimated to nearly double by 2050$

Study: Hip fracture cases estimated to nearly double by 2050

An international group of researchers led by the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), and including Douglas P Kiel, MD, MPH, Director Musculoskeletal Research Center, Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, evaluated the secular trends in hip fracture incidence, treatment patterns following a hip fracture, and all-cause mortality in 19 countries and regions from 2005 to 2018.

15 Jun 2023

Study analyzes the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis is a degenerative, debilitating bone disease that is increasingly prevalent in postmenopausal women.

8 Jun 2023

$Is prediabetes associated with increased fracture risk among midlife women?$

Is prediabetes associated with increased fracture risk among midlife women?

Studying the correlation between prediabetes before the menopause and increased fracture risk.

25 May 2023

Amputations for combat-related injuries may negatively affect bone mass, study suggests

Combat-related injuries to bone are common in military personnel and can lead to pain and disability.

17 May 2023

$Bone breakthrough: Researchers develop 'skeletal age' tool to predict mortality risk after fractures$

Bone breakthrough: Researchers develop 'skeletal age' tool to predict mortality risk after fractures

Fragility fractures are tied to elevated mortality risk, yet often overlooked in doctor-patient discussions. A new concept of 'Skeletal Age' is proposed to convey both fracture risk and associated mortality for individuals.

17 May 2023

Study examines the effect of cognitive training on the risk of future falls

One out of four adults, age 65 or older, falls every year in the U.S. Falls cause approximately 36,000 deaths annually in this age group, making it the leading cause of death from injury for older adults in the U.S.

16 May 2023

$Leashed dog walking linked to increased risk of fractures and TBIs$

Leashed dog walking linked to increased risk of fractures and TBIs

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) were the second most common injury among adults treated in U.S. emergency rooms for injuries related to walking a leashed dog from 2001 to 2020.

25 Apr 2023

New evidence of four distinct pain trajectories in nursing home residents

Despite awareness that pain is common in nursing home residents, there has been minimal attention focused on how this pain changes over time.

27 Feb 2023

Researchers are developing calculator that weighs risk and benefit of taking osteoporosis drugs

Osteoporosis is a major, worsening public health problem and bisphosphonates which help restore a healthier balance of bone production and resorption, have been a relatively inexpensive, successful treatment, particularly for those at highest risk for fractures.

16 Nov 2022

$Certain clusters of conditions associated with poorer health outcomes after fractures in older adults$

Certain clusters of conditions associated with poorer health outcomes after fractures in older adults

Having specific combinations of underlying health issues is a significant risk for poorer health outcomes in older adults who've had a fracture, a new study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research shows.

10 Oct 2022

$Worldwide hip fracture counts likely to double by 2050, study finds$

Worldwide hip fracture counts likely to double by 2050, study finds

Osteoporotic hip fracture, already a dangerous and debilitating problem for older men and women worldwide, is poised to become a far more severe global public-health issue as the population grows older and frailer, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong.

12 Sep 2022

$Multidisciplinary effort enhances care for older patients with hip fracture$

Multidisciplinary effort enhances care for older patients with hip fracture

A multidisciplinary effort to improve care for older patients who arrive at the emergency room with a hip fracture has decreased the time before they have surgery, shortened hospital stays, and resulted in better follow-up care, UT Southwestern physicians reported in Geriatric Nursing.

5 Sep 2022

$Elevated blood levels of certain chemokine linked with higher hip fracture risk in men$

Elevated blood levels of certain chemokine linked with higher hip fracture risk in men

Bone health requires a balanced activity of various bone cell types including bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts.

17 Aug 2022

$Chemokines likely to be associated with the risk of osteoporotic hip fracture in older men$

Chemokines likely to be associated with the risk of osteoporotic hip fracture in older men

Bone health requires a balanced activity of various bone cell types including bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Osteoporosis occurs when osteoclasts dominate without adequate bone formation to compensate. In new research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, elevated blood levels of a certain chemokine, or small signaling protein, that promotes osteoclast formation were linked with a higher risk of hip fracture in men.

17 Aug 2022

$Women on vegetarian diet have higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters$

Women on vegetarian diet have higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters

A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters.

11 Aug 2022

Advantages of overlapping surgery must be balanced against safety, ethical and training concerns, say experts

Overlapping surgery - in which a single senior surgeon operates across two parallel operating theatres and anaesthetists induce anaesthesia and junior surgeons commence and complete the operation – has been discussed as a potential route to reducing hospital waiting lists in this post-COVID era in which many patients are expected to face extensive delays of months or even years to have surgery.

22 Jul 2022

$Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke$

Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke

In the hormonal disorder primary hyperparathyroidism, patients' risk of hip fracture is elevated by 51%, and that of heart attack or stroke 45%.

16 Jun 2022