Osteoporosis

Update your knowledge on bone health for men, managing hip fractures, peri-menopausal women and risk of osteoporosis, secondary causes such as corticosteroid use and hormones and bone health in younger people and how to treat these conditions.

Access the latest news on bone health including osteoporosis and orthopaedic news. Topics include news on preservation, restoration, and development of the musculoskeletal system and threats to bone health and can be found at Medical News.

Surgical Vs. Nonsurgical Treatment For Cervical Spine Fracture

For older adults with "C2" fractures of the upper (cervical) spine, surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short- and long-term outcomes, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health...

The Risks Of Running Marathons

Even though hundreds of thousands more people finished grueling 26.2 mile marathons in the United States in 2009 compared to a decade earlier, a runner's risk of dying during or soon after the race has remained very low - about .75 per 100,000, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Men, however, were twice as likely to die as women...

Specific Clinical Guidance Urgently Needed On Bone Cancer Drugs

Although bisphosphonate drugs can reduce pain and bone fractures in individuals with multiple myeloma, no one drug is superior, according to a systematic review of the current evidence of these drugs. The review is published in The Cochrane Library. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that grows in and on bones. The disease can cause fractures in the spine and long bones...

Clinical Guidance Remains Non-Specific For Drugs To Reduce Bone Cancer Damage

Bone cancer-related fractures and pain can be reduced by drug treatment, but no one drug is superior, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library. Researchers undertook a systematic review of the current evidence on bisphosphonate drugs, which are used to prevent bone damage in multiple myeloma...

Scientist Grows Bone From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Dr. Darja Marolt, an Investigator at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory, is lead author on a study showing that human embryonic stem cells can be used to grow bone tissue grafts for use in research and potential therapeutic application. Dr. Marolt conducted this research as a post-doctoral NYSCF - Druckenmiller Fellow at Columbia University in the laboratory of Dr...

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