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Hip fracture patients more likely to be evaluated for osteoporosis than wrist fracture patientsA study published in the October 2009 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery suggests a disconnect between the way wrist-fracture patients and those with a spine or hip fracture are managed and evaluated. The study, conducted in 2007 among 97 percent of the women in Korea, reviewed the in... |
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Hip fracture patients more likely to be evaluated for osteoporosis than wrist fracture patientsA study published in the October 2009 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery suggests a disconnect between the way wrist-fracture patients and those with a spine or hip fracture are managed and evaluated. The study, conducted in 2007 among 97 percent of the women in Korea, reviewed the incid ... |
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Experimental approach may reverse rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosisResearchers have identified a mechanism that may keep a well known signaling molecule from eroding bone and inflaming joints, according to an early study published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. ... |
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Jury Deadlock Ends a Trial Over Merck’s Bone DrugJurors sent the judge desperate hand-scrawled notes saying they were deadlocked over a verdict in the trial, which had been monitored as a bellwether for hundreds of other similar lawsuits against Merck. ... |
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Patients denied osteoporosis drugBetter, but more expensive, treatment will not be assessed by Nice for three yearsThousands of British women are being denied modern drugs to treat a common bone-thinning disease because guidelines surrounding its use are too stringent, doctors warn.The majority of patients who are diagnosed with... |
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Gene causing periodontitis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis identifiedInvestigators at Hospital for Special Surgery, collaborating with researchers from other institutions, have contributed to the discovery that a gene called interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8) is involved in the development of diseases such as periodontitis (gum disease), rheumatoid arthritis an... |
