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Rheumatoid arthritis linked to increased risk of osteoporotic fracture

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 2 - Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of fractures of the extremities, pelvis, and spine, as well as hip, even when they are not treated with glucocorticoids, results of a European study suggest.

November 1, 2006

Inhaled corticosteroids associated with increased fracture risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 31 - To quantify the dose-response relationship between the use of inhaled corticosteroids and fracture, U.K. researchers combined data from a study of older people in the community with airflow obstruction and longitudinal data from their computerized general practice records.

October 30, 2006

Pathologic degradation of collagen found in loosened hip replacement implants

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 24 - Successfully placed artificial hip joint implants frequently become loose many years after the original surgery. Now, researchers in Finland and the Netherlands have shown that this degradation is due, at least in part, to activated enzymes that target the fibrous connective tissue capsule that directly surrounds the joint.

October 23, 2006

CT reveals cortical abnormalities in runners with tibial stress syndrome

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 11 - High-resolution CT scans reveal tibial cortical abnormalities that precede the onset of pain in distance runners, according to a report in the September American Journal of Roentgenology.

October 10, 2006

Screening program cuts cardiovascular deaths among young athletes

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 4 - A preparticipation athletic screening program introduced in Italy in 1982 has been successful in markedly reducing the incidence of sudden cardiovascular death in young competitive athletes, new research suggests.

October 3, 2006

Antiscatter grids may not be helpful in some DR applications

By Wayne Forrest

In the quest for an optimum balance between image quality and radiation dose in digital radiography (DR), a U.K. group looked at whether better DR image quality provided through the use of an antiscatter grid justified an increase in effective dose to patients.

September 21, 2006

Once-yearly bone drug reduces fractures

By Reuters Health

ZURICH (Reuters), Sep 18 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).

September 17, 2006

Early bisphosphonate treatment benefits infants with osteogenesis imperfecta

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 31 - Early cyclical neridronate treatment has positive effects on growth and fracture rate in infants with severe osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), according to researchers. In a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, Italian researchers prospectively assessed the efficacy of bisphosphonate treatment in infants with severe OI.

August 30, 2006

Alendronate better than alfacalcidol for preventing steroid-induced bone loss

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 17 - In a study of patients with rheumatic diseases, alendronate was more effective than alfacalcidol at preventing glucocorticoid-induced bone loss, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 16, 2006

Childhood-onset arthritis linked to increased risk of fracture

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 9 - Children with arthritis have a significantly increased risk of fracture in childhood, adolescence, and possibly adulthood, recent research indicates. Fractures in arthritis patients occurred predominantly in the arms and legs.

August 8, 2006

Adipose tissue stimulates bone growth in children

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 26 - Similar to what has been shown in young adults, adipose tissue appears to stimulate bone growth in prepubertal children, British researchers report. They studied 3,082 children, mean age 9.9 years, and used dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to assess body fat mass at baseline and to assess bone mass at baseline and over the next two years.

July 25, 2006

Early diagnosis key for femoral stress fractures

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - Croatian researchers have come up with new guidelines for treating stress fractures of the femur, or thighbone, that prevent complications and difficulties that often occur with the condition, they say.

June 29, 2006

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