Women With Osteoporosis Want to Know Their Fracture Risk
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 -- Most women with osteoporosis want to know their fracture risk, but only half have received this information from health care providers, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in Osteoporosis... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Staying safe in virtual worlds: What to do, and not do, with a VR headset on
Broken bones, cuts and contusions: Researchers say these are the most-common injuries as rising numbers of people wearing virtual reality headsets come into contact with hard reality while at play in computer-generated worlds. Recently published Dignity Health research into U.S. emergency-room…#dignityhealth #ryanribeira #simx #vr #meta #sony #playstationvr (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
State plans pricey fixes to California ’s broken insurance market. Are homeowners on board?
Chris Finnie didn’t lose her Boulder Creek home when the CZU Lightning Complex fires in 2020 ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains. But she lost her home insurance anyway and got forced onto a bare-bones last-resort policy that costs three times as much. As Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara…#chrisfinnie #bouldercreek #czulightningcomplex #santacruzmountains #insurance #ricardolara #farmersinsurance #statefarm #bayarea #californians (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis in a Chinese population: a cross-sectional study in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China - Song J, Zhao J, Liu T, Li Y, Dang X, Wang W.
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of osteoporosis and fracture risks in northwestern China and investigate the related anthropometric risk ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Classification of fracture risk in fallers using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) images and deep learning-based feature extraction - Senanayake D, Seneviratne S, Imani M, Harijanto C, Sales M, Lee P, Duque G, Ackland DC.
The objective of this study was to combine... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
HEALTH NOTES: Skin creams could lead to brittle bones
HEALTH NOTES: High doses of drugs used by millions to treat skin conditions such as eczema significantly increase the risk of the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Feasibility of implementing patient-reported and physical performance measures to identify and manage fall risk in older adults within a secondary fracture clinic - Bullock GS, Duncan P, McMurtrie E, Henry K, Graves BF, Lake AR, McDonough CM.
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of implementing both electronic and in-person assessments to assess falls risk in an older adult secondary fracture clinic. Electronic data capture feasibility was defined as the proportion of patient... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Osteoporosis Risk Increased With Long-Term Topical Corticosteroid Exposure
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 -- The risk for osteoporosis and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) is increased in association with long-term exposure to topical corticosteroids (TCSs), according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the Journal of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Orthofix Donates Medical Equipment to Global Nonprofit Steps2Walk, Inc.
Orthopedic devices and equipment will help patients in under-served regions around the world with severe ankle and foot deformities DENVER, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Steps2Walk, Inc., an international humanitarian nonprofit providing foot and ankle surgeries and education in... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: NPT Source Type: news
The vegetable to include with your Christmas dinner to protect against osteoporosis
The nutritional benefits of this vegetable are often overlooked. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The burden of long bone fracture and health system response in Malawi: a scoping review - Abbas S, Chokotho L, Nyamulani N, Oliver VL.
OBJECTIVES: Fractures pose serious health and socioeconomic consequences for individuals, their families, and societies more broadly. In many low-resource settings, case fatality and long-term sequelae after a fracture remain high due to individual- and sy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
HIV and fracture: risk, assessment and intervention - McGee DM, Cotter AG.
OBJECTIVES: With management of comorbidity in people living with HIV (PLWH) a key component of clinical care, early loss of bone integrity and clinical fracture are recognized as important issues. This review aims to describe the epidemiology of fracture i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Effectiveness of telehealth in preventive care: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of tele-exercise programme involving older people with possible sarcopenia or at risk of fall - Chan KOW, Yuen PP, Fong BYF, Law VTS, Ng FSF, Fung WCP, Ng TKC, Cheung IS.
BACKGROUND: Continuous loss of muscle mass and strength are the consequences of the ageing process, which increase the risk of falls among older people. Falls can lead to severe consequences such as bone fractures and hampered physical and psychological we... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
WHO delivers health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital, appeals for continued access to address ...
17 December 2023 — WHO staff participated in a joint UN mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December to deliver health supplies and assess the situation in the facility. Partners on today’s mission included OCHA, UNDSS, and UNMAS. The team delivered medicines and surgical supplies, orthopedic surgery equipment, and anesthesia materials and drugs to the hospital.
Al-Shifa Hospital, currently minimally functional, needs to urgently resume at least basic operations to continue serving the thousands in need of lifesaving health care.
Once the most important and largest referral hospital in Gaza, Al-Shifa now...
Source: WHO EMRO News - December 16, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Red flag signs of silent killer targeting over 50s that 3 million in UK suffer from
Osteoporosis is most common in people aged over 50 years old, with more than three million people suffering from the disease in the UK. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
