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Moderate coffee consumption more likely to provide beneficial health outcomes

Drinking coffee is "more likely to benefit health than to harm it" for a range of health outcomes, say researchers in The BMJ today.

23 Nov 2017

Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale shows dose-response relationship with adverse outcomes

Anticholinergic burden assessed with the Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale consistently shows dose-response relationships with a variety of adverse outcomes.

20 Nov 2017

Digital pills can help track opioid use patterns

Digital pills - gelatin capsules that contain an ingestible sensor along with medication - can help track patterns of drug use, and Brigham and Women's Hospital clinicians are among the first to explore the application of this new technology among patients being prescribed opioids.

20 Nov 2017

UZH leads Europe's largest research on aging

What began in 2012 is now entering its final stages: Europe's largest study on aging. The international research network behind the DO-HEALTH study is led by Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Aging Research at the University of Zurich, and Head of the Department of Geriatrics at the UniversityHospital Zurich and the Waid City Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland.

20 Nov 2017

Air pollution may exacerbate osteoporosis

Based on a study of nine million people, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health People report that people living amidst high levels of air pollution are more likely to suffer bone fractures from osteoporosis than those living in areas with less pollution.

10 Nov 2017

$Drug holiday from bisphosphonates for more than two years linked to higher hip fracture risk in women$

Drug holiday from bisphosphonates for more than two years linked to higher hip fracture risk in women

Women who took a drug holiday (temporary or permanent discontinuation of a medicine) from using bisphosphonates for more than two years have a significantly higher risk of a hip fracture compared to others who continued their treatment, according to new research findings presented this week at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego.

6 Nov 2017

$Opioid and antidepressant use related to increased risk of osteoporotic fractures for RA patients$

Opioid and antidepressant use related to increased risk of osteoporotic fractures for RA patients

Opioids and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a widely used group of antidepressants, are both associated with higher risk of osteoporotic fractures for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research findings presented this week at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego.

6 Nov 2017

Fracture Risk Assessment Tool reaches milestone of 20 million calculations

Since its initial launch in 2008, the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool has offered medical practitioners in all regions of the world a simple, freely accessible online calculator to predict an individual patient's 10-year probability of an osteoporotic fracture.

26 Oct 2017

$PSH model of care benefits elderly hip fracture patients, research suggests$

PSH model of care benefits elderly hip fracture patients, research suggests

Elderly patients who had emergency repair of a fractured hip were much less likely to die or make a return visit to the emergency room (ER) after discharge if they received care under the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model of care, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2017 annual meeting.

23 Oct 2017

New clinical guide reveals effects of calcium in lowering postmenopausal osteoporosis risk

A new clinical guide summarizes the evidence regarding the effects of calcium in reducing the risk of osteoporosis after the menopause.

12 Oct 2017

University of Akron researcher awarded NSF grant to study bone remodeling

Osteoporosis is a disease categorized by brittle bones and increased risk of fracture. Individuals with osteoporosis, and diseases like it, have access to a number of treatments but no permanent solution.

9 Oct 2017

UNLV researchers develop new method for extracting large numbers of stem cells from wisdom teeth

Stem cells. Few research discoveries hold as much promise of single-handedly expanding medical treatment options as they do. Miraculously able to act as transformers - either re-creating or morphing into a variety of cell types found within the organisms they originate from - stem cells offer humanity hope for new, more effective therapies against a number of chronic and terminal diseases. And finding them is surprisingly easy.

4 Oct 2017

Postmenopausal women with low bone mass benefit from high intensity training

Exercise is known to be beneficial to bone health but there is reluctance to use high intensity programs in older women with low bone mass because of the risk of fracture or other injury.

4 Oct 2017

Clinical trial demonstrates safety, efficacy of focused ultrasound to treat pediatric osteoid osteoma

Karun Sharma, MD, PhD, Director of Interventional Radiology, and colleagues at Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System in Washington, DC, have completed their clinical trial to treat benign but painful bone tumors (osteoid osteoma) in children.

27 Sep 2017

$Skeletal deficits may contribute to excess fracture risk in older adults with diabetes$

Skeletal deficits may contribute to excess fracture risk in older adults with diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased fracture risk despite normal or high bone mineral density. In a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, modest deficits in cortical bone--the dense outer surface of bone that forms a protective layer around the internal cavity--were demonstrated in older adults with type 2 diabetes compared with non-diabetics.

20 Sep 2017

$Study compares effect of two osteoporosis medicines on fractures$

Study compares effect of two osteoporosis medicines on fractures

A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and more effective protection against fractures than the current standard treatment.

19 Sep 2017

$New medication shows potential to reduce fracture risk in women with osteoporosis$

New medication shows potential to reduce fracture risk in women with osteoporosis

A new drug that boosts bone formation has been shown to reduce the risk of fracture in women with osteoporosis when compared to one of the most commonly used osteoporosis medications.

12 Sep 2017

PupilScreen could detect concussion, brain injuries on the spot using smartphone camera

University of Washington researchers are developing the first smartphone app that is capable of objectively detecting concussion and other traumatic brain injuries in the field: on the sidelines of a sports game, on a battlefield or in the home of an elderly person prone to falls.

7 Sep 2017

NYIT professor awarded multi-year NIH grant for bone-healing research

NYIT has been awarded $442,000 to pursue research into a gene critical in the formation and healing of bones.

5 Sep 2017

Largest ever genetic study paves way for potential osteoporosis treatment

Scientists are honing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common age-related bone-thinning disease.

5 Sep 2017

Fracture News and Research

Moderate coffee consumption more likely to provide beneficial health outcomes

Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale shows dose-response relationship with adverse outcomes

Digital pills can help track opioid use patterns

UZH leads Europe's largest research on aging

Air pollution may exacerbate osteoporosis

Drug holiday from bisphosphonates for more than two years linked to higher hip fracture risk in women

Opioid and antidepressant use related to increased risk of osteoporotic fractures for RA patients

Fracture Risk Assessment Tool reaches milestone of 20 million calculations

PSH model of care benefits elderly hip fracture patients, research suggests

New clinical guide reveals effects of calcium in lowering postmenopausal osteoporosis risk

University of Akron researcher awarded NSF grant to study bone remodeling

UNLV researchers develop new method for extracting large numbers of stem cells from wisdom teeth

Postmenopausal women with low bone mass benefit from high intensity training

Clinical trial demonstrates safety, efficacy of focused ultrasound to treat pediatric osteoid osteoma

Skeletal deficits may contribute to excess fracture risk in older adults with diabetes

Study compares effect of two osteoporosis medicines on fractures

New medication shows potential to reduce fracture risk in women with osteoporosis

PupilScreen could detect concussion, brain injuries on the spot using smartphone camera

NYIT professor awarded multi-year NIH grant for bone-healing research

Largest ever genetic study paves way for potential osteoporosis treatment

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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