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Sustained participation of older people can prevent falls in care home and hospital settings

New research has indicated that more should be done to involve older people with interventions to prevent falls in care home and hospital settings.

20 Apr 2011

$UT Southwestern surgeons' new device offers precise repair of pelvic fractures$

UT Southwestern surgeons' new device offers precise repair of pelvic fractures

A device developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons offers precise repair of pelvic fractures with minimal postsurgical scarring, pain and infection risk and is available for broad adoption by the nation's 200 level I trauma centers.

16 Apr 2011

Editorial cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy after hysterectomy

An editorial in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy in women who have had a hysterectomy because of longstanding evidence that it raises the risk of breast cancer.

6 Apr 2011

Boston Scientific initiates clinical enrollment for INNOVA Self-Expanding Bare-Metal Stent System trial

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the start of patient enrollment in the SuperNOVA clinical trial, an international, prospective, single-arm, non-randomized trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the INNOVA™ Self-Expanding Bare-Metal Stent System in patients with stenosis of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) or proximal popliteal artery (PPA).

6 Apr 2011

Estrogen only hormone replacement not so risky after 50’s: Study

According to a new study hormone therapy may not be as risky for elder women as earlier thought. This comes from the Women's Health Initiative, a federally funded trial that tracked thousands of women taking hormones or placebo pills for years. The WHI looked at women who have had hysterectomies or have had their uterus removed and thus can take estrogen unaccompanied by another hormone, progestin. It found that a heightened risk of stroke from taking estrogen faded with time, while a reduced risk of breast cancer held steady.

5 Apr 2011

$Adolescent girls participating in high-impact sports may face high risk of stress fractures$

Adolescent girls participating in high-impact sports may face high risk of stress fractures

Adolescent girls participating in high-impact physical activity, specifically basketball, running and gymnastics/cheerleading, appear to be at increased risk for developing stress fractures, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

5 Apr 2011

$FDA clears Vexim's COHESION bone cement to treat vertebral compression fractures$

FDA clears Vexim's COHESION bone cement to treat vertebral compression fractures

Vexim, the specialist in medical instruments designed for the minimally invasive, anatomical treatment of vertebral compression fractures, today announced that it had been awarded FDA clearance for its new product COHESION, a bone cement for injection into the vertebra following minimally invasive spinal fracture anatomical restoration with the company's SpineJack® device or used in performing a conventional vertebroplasty.

4 Apr 2011

Vexim granted FDA approval for COHESION bone cement

Vexim specialises in medical instruments and the minimally invasive treatment of vertebral fractures. The company recently announced that it had been awarded FDA certification for its flagship product COHESION™, a bone cement for injection into the vertebra for its fixation following minimally invasive spine repair with the company's SpineJack® device, or following conventional vertebroplasty.

30 Mar 2011

Study: Gene combinations may increase risk of hip osteoporosis in women

Women with osteoporosis in their hip suffer menopause two years earlier than healthy women, a study conducted at the University of Granada says. Additionally, although further study is required, researchers have found at least three genetic markers associated with osteoporosis in the hip in postmenopausal women.

30 Mar 2011

Atypical antipsychotics is a safe mental health medication for nursing home residents

Conventional antipsychotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines often administered to nursing home residents are no safer than atypical antipsychotics and may carry increased risks, according to an article in CMAJ.

29 Mar 2011

Ascension launches TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., a world leader in PyroCarbon orthopedic devices, announces the market release of the TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis. The TITAN Modular Total Shoulder System now provides a unique way to address difficult fracture procedures. The system's modularity allows the surgeon to fit patient anatomy by independently adjusting the height of the modular body and stem without need for jigs or use of cement.

28 Mar 2011

$Osteoporotic hip and vertebral fractures have most serious impact on quality of life$

Osteoporotic hip and vertebral fractures have most serious impact on quality of life

A study presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis currently taking place in Valencia, Spain has found that the initial quality of life loss following an osteoporotic fracture is substantial, especially with regard to hip and vertebral fractures. The study found differences in quality of life loss between countries after correcting for other explanatory variables.

25 Mar 2011

$Obese postmenopausal women as likely to fracture as non-obese women$

Obese postmenopausal women as likely to fracture as non-obese women

Obesity is widely believed to be protective against fracture, although a recent study has documented a high prevalence of obesity in postmenopausal women with fragility fracture.

25 Mar 2011

Osteoporosis study: Protelos have significant bone-forming activity than bisphosphonates

Protelos has significantly greater bone-forming activity than the commonly prescribed bisphosphonate, alendronate, according to results of the largest-ever biopsy study in post-menopausal women presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis in Valencia.

25 Mar 2011

$Falls history improves accuracy of fracture prediction models$

Falls history improves accuracy of fracture prediction models

Researchers from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit in Southampton, UK, have presented a new study that shows how the inclusion of falls history, in addition to clinical risk factors (CRFs) and bone mineral density (BMD) values, would greatly improve the accuracy of fracture prediction models. The research findings were presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis in Valencia, Spain.

25 Mar 2011

$ECCEO11-IOF: Total fragility fracture cost in six European countries estimated to be 31 billion Euro$

ECCEO11-IOF: Total fragility fracture cost in six European countries estimated to be 31 billion Euro

Research presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis by investigators from the UK and Sweden estimates that the economic burden of fragility fractures in five major European countries totals 31 billion Euro, with Germany bearing the highest costs.

25 Mar 2011

Positive results from Tarsa's oral calcitonin Phase III trial against postmenopausal osteoporosis

Tarsa Therapeutics today announced that the Phase III ORACAL trial of its oral recombinant salmon calcitonin in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis was successfully concluded and yielded statistically significant, positive top-line results.

25 Mar 2011

U.S. hospitals bill insurance companies $1.2 trillion during 2008 for inpatient care: AHRQ

U.S. community hospitals billed insurance companies and federal and state programs $1.2 trillion in 2008 for inpatient care, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

23 Mar 2011

$Cancer patients with spinal fractures can benefit from Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty$

Cancer patients with spinal fractures can benefit from Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty

Medtronic of Canada Ltd. today announced the results of the first randomized, controlled trial comparing Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty with non-surgical care in treating spinal fractures in cancer patients.

23 Mar 2011

Onset of chronic pain more often reported following a traffic accident

Individuals with poorer health or psychological issues may be prone to developing chronic widespread pain following a traumatic event. This new research, published in Arthritis Care & Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), found that the onset of chronic pain was more often reported following a traffic accident than from other physically traumatic triggers.

21 Mar 2011

Fracture News and Research

Sustained participation of older people can prevent falls in care home and hospital settings

UT Southwestern surgeons' new device offers precise repair of pelvic fractures

Editorial cautions against estrogen-only hormone therapy after hysterectomy

Boston Scientific initiates clinical enrollment for INNOVA Self-Expanding Bare-Metal Stent System trial

Estrogen only hormone replacement not so risky after 50’s: Study

Adolescent girls participating in high-impact sports may face high risk of stress fractures

FDA clears Vexim's COHESION bone cement to treat vertebral compression fractures

Vexim granted FDA approval for COHESION bone cement

Study: Gene combinations may increase risk of hip osteoporosis in women

Atypical antipsychotics is a safe mental health medication for nursing home residents

Ascension launches TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis

Osteoporotic hip and vertebral fractures have most serious impact on quality of life

Obese postmenopausal women as likely to fracture as non-obese women

Osteoporosis study: Protelos have significant bone-forming activity than bisphosphonates

Falls history improves accuracy of fracture prediction models

ECCEO11-IOF: Total fragility fracture cost in six European countries estimated to be 31 billion Euro

Positive results from Tarsa's oral calcitonin Phase III trial against postmenopausal osteoporosis

U.S. hospitals bill insurance companies $1.2 trillion during 2008 for inpatient care: AHRQ

Cancer patients with spinal fractures can benefit from Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty

Onset of chronic pain more often reported following a traffic accident

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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