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Tool aids osteoporosis screening in primary care
News | www.healthcarerepublic.com | 21 hours 35 minutes ago
More patients at risk of osteoporosis could be identified in primary care with the aid of two new fracture risk algorithms, UK researchers say.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/rss/969310/Tool-aids-osteoporosis-screening-primary-care/
Merck Wins Summary Judgment in Second Federal Bellwether Case Involving FOSAMAX® (alendronate sodium) (Business Wire)
News | finance.yahoo.com | Nov 24, 2009
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck said today that U.S. District Court Judge John F. Keenan granted summary judgment in Merck's
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Merck-Wins-Summary-Judgment-bw-1052689577.html?x=0&.v=1
Bone Up On Vitamin D - And Stay Strong
Press Release | www.prlog.org | Nov 23, 2009
Bone Up On Vitamin D - And Stay Strong. Weak, fragile bones and susceptibility to fractures--these are some of the painful consequences of the debilitating bone disease, osteoporosis. There are several risk factors associated with the development of osteoporosis, including inadequate...
http://www.prlog.org/10424926-bone-up-on-vitamin-and-stay-strong.html
Predicting risk of osteoporotic fracture in men and women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and validation of QFractureScores
Press Release | www.bmj.com | Nov 20, 2009
Objective To develop and validate two new fracture risk algorithms (QFractureScores) for estimating the individual risk of osteoporotic fracture or hip fracture over 10 years.Design Prospective open cohort study with routinely collected data from 357 general practices to
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/339/nov19_1/b4229?rss=1
Bone health
News | news.bbc.co.uk | Nov 14, 2009
How a new DVD backed by Strictly dancer Erin Boag hopes to help build bone mass to protect against osteoporosis
Adeona Pharmaceuticals Gives Positive Clinical Data on Arthritis Drug
News | www.biospace.com | Nov 13, 2009
The results of the study were originally presented at the 2008 American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting. The study was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=162783&full=1
New Survey Shows Gap in Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis Among Post-Menopausal Women Studied Who Were Hospitalized with Fractures
Press Release | www.pharmiweb.com | Nov 13, 2009
New results from a survey of 1,122 post-menopausal women in Asia found that nearly half (48.5 percent) were not aware whether or not they had osteoporosis despite being hospitalized with a fragility fracture. A fragility fracture is one potential ind
http://www.pharmiweb.com/pressreleases/pressrel.asp?ROW_ID=10628
Women reassured on early hip fracture risk
News | www.6minutes.com.au | Nov 11, 2009
Although the risk of hip fracture was shown to double at time of menopause, the increaser was short-lived and absolute numbers were low in women, say the study authors from the Australian National University and the Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford.
Marshfield Clinic will be offering bone density screenings for osteoporosis through its Mobile...
Press Release | marshfieldclinic.org | Nov 9, 2009
Marshfield Clinic will be offering bone density screenings for osteoporosis through its Mobile Health Screening Unit from 9 a.m. – 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, at Marshfield Clinic Osseo Center, 13029 East 9th St., Osseo.
http://marshfieldclinic.org/patients/?page=newsreleases&id=4073
GPs need to check history
News | www.imt.ie | Nov 6, 2009
CLINICAL UPDATE - Osteporosis: New research has revealed a need for GPs to assess their patients’ history more closely when prescribing for post-menopausal osteoporosis, to reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) side effects that could lead to treatment discontinuation.
http://www.imt.ie/clinical/musculoskeletal/gps-need-to-check-history.html
