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Moderate alcohol intake may reduce risk of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol as part of a healthy lifestyle may benefit women's bone health, lowering their risk of developing osteoporosis.

12 Jul 2012

Pain rehab may boost children’s ownership of self management

Pediatric pain rehabilitation may lead to an increased willingness to self-manage pain, which is associated with improvements in function and psychologic wellbeing, say researchers.

11 Jul 2012

Sleep studies essential before bariatric surgery

Obstructive sleep apnea frequently goes undiagnosed in obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery, show findings from a US study.

10 Jul 2012

Postoperative delirium has lasting cognitive consequences

Patients may take a long time to recover from the cognitive impact of cardiac surgery if they develop postoperative delirium, research shows.

10 Jul 2012

Rodents may hold the key to long and active lifespan

Compared to the average three year life span of a common rat, the 10 to 30 year life of the naked mole rat, a subterranean rodent native to East Africa, is impressive. And compared to the human body, the body of this rodent shows little decline due to aging, maintaining high activity, bone health, reproductive capacity, and cognitive ability throughout its lifetime. Now a collaborative of researchers in Israel and the United States is working to uncover the secret to the small mammal's long - and active - lifespan.

3 Jul 2012

$Epilepsy patients unaware of fracture risk$

Epilepsy patients unaware of fracture risk

Few patients with epilepsy are aware that taking anti-epileptic drugs puts them at increased risk for falls and fractures, report researchers.

29 Jun 2012

$Study sheds light on increased risk of fractures and falls among epilepsy patients using AEDs$

Study sheds light on increased risk of fractures and falls among epilepsy patients using AEDs

New research has shed light on the high risk of fractures, falls, and osteoporosis among epilepsy patients using antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) with most patients unaware of the risks associated with taking the drugs.

29 Jun 2012

Safe vitamin D treatment without raising calcium levels

Patients with a gland disorder that causes excessive calcium in their blood who also have vitamin D deficiency can safely receive vitamin D treatment without it raising their calcium levels, a new study has determined. The results with one-year follow-up will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston.

27 Jun 2012

$Postoperative hemoglobin predicts hospital stay after hip fracture surgery$

Postoperative hemoglobin predicts hospital stay after hip fracture surgery

Postoperative anemia is associated with longer hospital stays following surgery for hip fracture, Dutch researchers report.

26 Jun 2012

Flavocoxid liver damage reported

A prescription medical food used to treat osteoarthritis may induce reversible liver damage in some users, suggests research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

25 Jun 2012

Birmingham hip resurfacing offers lowest mortality risk

Men with osteoarthritis who undergo Birmingham hip resurfacing have a lower risk for mortality than patients undergoing cemented or uncemented total hip arthroplasty, UK researchers reveal.

25 Jun 2012

HIV therapy affects bone mass within 2 years

Young men receiving antiretroviral therapy for recently diagnosed HIV are more likely to have low bone mineral density than are other men of a similar age, US researchers report.

25 Jun 2012

Spinal fusion surgery no stroke risk

Spinal fusion does not significantly increase the risk for stroke in the 3 years following surgery, research from Taiwan suggests.

22 Jun 2012

$Hip fracture type may determine regional anesthesia benefits$

Hip fracture type may determine regional anesthesia benefits

Use of regional anesthesia may reduce the risk for mortality and pulmonary complications among patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture, research shows.

22 Jun 2012

Two-phalange fifth toe a ‘common variant’

UK research challenges common wisdom on the anatomy of the little toe, finding that over 40% of patients have two rather than three bones.

22 Jun 2012

Connexin 43 deficiency may protect against bed rest-associated bone loss

Mice lacking connexin 43, the most abundant gap junction protein in bone, have a decreased susceptibility to the effects of mechanical unloading on bone, US researchers report.

21 Jun 2012

Researchers discover distinct differences in how muscle affects two layers of bone in men, women

Researchers have long been aware that the progressive loss of muscle mass and bone density is a natural part of aging. But little work has investigated how muscle tissue affects the inner and outer layers of bone microstructure.

21 Jun 2012

Osteoporosis screening recommended for men at risk

Men at increased risk for osteoporosis should undergo bone mineral density testing with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, concludes The Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guideline “Osteoporosis in Men.”

20 Jun 2012

$Vertebral fractures flag vascular disease risk$

Vertebral fractures flag vascular disease risk

Abdominal aortic calcification in elderly men appears to be associated with vertebral fractures, say Moroccan scientists.

19 Jun 2012

UK walking guidelines ‘not up to speed’

The current assumed pedestrian walking speed of 1.2 m per second should be revised, say researchers whose findings show that the average UK resident over the age of 65 years does not walk at this pace.

19 Jun 2012