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
American Association of Orthodontists Issues Guidance to SmileDirectClub Patients Following Abrupt Closure Offers Warning about Mail-Order Orthodontics
T. LOUIS, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) is offering guidance to patients impacted by the recent closure of SmileDirectClub and patients being approached by other " mail-order " teeth straightening companies. Given SmileDirectClub ' s abrupt shut down, patients have been left with questions and concerns about their ongoing orthodontic treatment." The best thing SmileDirectClub patients can do at this point is to book an in-person exam with a licensed orthodontist in their area, " said Myron Guymon, DDS, MS, President of the AAO. " Most SmileDirectClub patie...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - December 15, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Bone scans support high-velocity resistance training in older adults
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans show that high-velocity resistance training increases bone mineral density in older adults, according to a study published December 7 in Bone.In a literature review of studies that included 1,203 people, DEXA scans revealed significant effects of high-velocity resistance training on bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine, total hip, and femoral neck, according to a group led by Dawn Skelton, PhD, of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland.“The studies included in this review suggest that incorporating high-velocity resistance training into exercise regimens contrib...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 15, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
Holiday Meals Mean Safety First in Your Kitchen
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 -- Knives, vegetable peelers, blenders: There are plenty of ways to injure yourself in the kitchen during the holidays.
To keep things merry, cheery and safe, experts at Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH (MOR) in Chicago say... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Science ’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year: Weight loss drugs with a real shot at fighting obesity
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Obesity plays out as a private struggle and a public health crisis. In the United States, about 70% of adults are affected by excess weight, and in Europe that number is more than half. The stigma against fat can be crushing; its risks, life-threatening. Defined as a body mass index of at least 30, obesity is thought to power type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, fatty liver disease, and certain cancers.
Yet drug treatments...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
AuntMinnie.com X-Ray Insider
Dear Digital X-Ray Insider,RSNA 2023 wrapped up in Chicago recently, with a bevy of digital x-ray studies presented at the meeting. We’ve featured one more here: an AI study conducted in Zambia testing an algorithm developed by Google to detect tuberculosis on chest x-rays. The model performed well, and you can read about the study in this issue’s featured article. As expected, AI studies took most of the top headlines from RSNA 2023. The mood at the meeting may have been summed up most succinctly by Sean Raj, MD, of outpatient radiology group SimonMed Imaging: “We’re going all in on AI,” he said, in a presentat...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
New Chairside Zirconia, Powered by Roland DGA Enables Dentists to Provide Same-Day Zirconia Restorations
Unique Material with Multi-Layered Composition Offers Significant Advantages Over Traditional Monolithic Dry-Milled ZirconiaIRVINE, Calif.,Dec. 1, 2023
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New Chairside Zirconia Powered by Roland DGA –
fully sintered zirconia CAD/CAM milling blocks designed for use with the
company ' s DGSHAPE DWX-42W Series wet-milling solutions – make same-day
chairside zirconia restorations a reality with a simple prep, scan,
mill, and seat workflow.Available now through authorized Roland DGA dental
resellers, Chairside Zirconia is a real game changer for clinical dental
professionals. Unlike traditional mo...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - December 14, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Retracted: Investigating the association between orthopedic fractures and head injury due to road traffic accidents - And Biomechanics AB.
[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2021/2430090.].
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
