Bone disease treatment delay will cost 1,400 women's lives, charity warns Chancellor
MPs, peers and top doctors are calling on Jeremy Hunt to provide £30 million of funding for early detection of osteoporosis amid fears 1,400 women could die due to treatment delays. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is It Possible to Reverse Osteoporosis? Is It Possible to Reverse Osteoporosis?
Although this may be possible, Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, emphasizes that it ' s better to prevent osteoporosis from occurring in the first place.Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Commentary Source Type: news

Association of white matter hyperintensities with bone mineral density, incident fractures and falls in the UK Biobank Cohort - Cai L, Lv X, Li X, Wang X, Ma H, Heianza Y, Qi L, Zhou T.
Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in the world, which increases the healthcare service burden. Recent studies have linked higher white matter hyperintensities (WMH) to reduced bone mineral density (BMD), increasing the risk of fracture... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Nanox highlights study results
Nano-X Imaging (Nanox) and its deep learning medical imaging analytics subsidiary Nanox AI are touting early findings from the AI-enabled Detection of OsteoPorosis for Treatment (ADOPT) study. The study uses the Nanox.AI software HealthVCF to review routine CT scans and has identified up to six times more patients with vertebral compression fracture than the national average at National Health Services (NHS) hospitals in the U.K., Nanox highlighted. The company also said that the Nanox.AI algorithm has identified over 2,400 patients with vertebral compression fracture from routine CT scans that were not known to the NHS ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news

Balancing fracture risk versus risk of mortality before fracture among women aged 80  years or older - Schousboe JT, Langsetmo L, Fink HA, Kado DM, Cauley JA, Taylor BC, Ensrud KE.
BACKGROUND: Most fractures occur in women aged ≥80 years but competing mortality unrelated to fracture may limit the benefit of osteoporosis drug therapy for some women in late life. Our primary aim was to develop separate prediction models for non-spine f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Residential Greenness Tied to Increased Bone Density, Lower Osteoporosis Risk
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 -- Residential greenness is associated with higher bone mineral density and a lower risk for incident osteoporosis, according to a study published online March 5 in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Tingting Tan, from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 6, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Living in a leafy neighbourhood can reduce the chances of developing brittle bones, research suggests
A new study has found that people who live in greener areas tend to have higher bone density and a decreased risk of developing osteoporosis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Researchers Are Using AI to Find New Alzheimer ’ s Risk Factors
Brain experts have a pretty good handle on some of the major risk factors that contribute to Alzheimer’s—from a person’s genes to their physical activity levels, how much formal education they’ve received, and how socially engaged they are. But one promise of AI in medicine is that it can spot less obvious links that humans can’t always see. Could AI help uncover conditions linked to Alzheimer’s that have so far been overlooked? [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] To find out, Marina Sirota and her team at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) ran a machine-lear...
Source: TIME: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Lower Diabetes Risk Linked to Osteoporosis Drug Denosumab Lower Diabetes Risk Linked to Osteoporosis Drug Denosumab
The lower risk for diabetes associated with continued denosumab use in older adults added new evidence to consider when choosing an osteoporosis treatment option.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - March 1, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news

March 2024
Battling Bites : Blocking Mosquito-Borne Diseases Diabetes Drug May Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk The Persistence of Plastics : Can Tiny Plastic Pieces Affect Our Health? Osteoporosis in Men Endometriosis (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

It's not just 'old ladies' - men's bones can crumble too... LBC presenter Iain Dale had no idea he could get osteoporosis before he broke his hip in an agonising fall
Most men probably never imagine they might be vulnerable to osteoporosis. Why would they, when the condition is associated with frail, elderly women? That, however, is a very misleading image (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

RUTH SUNDERLAND: I only found out I had osteoporosis when I broke a bone... it shouldn't be like that
RUTH SUNDERLAND: I found out I had osteoporosis after an accident while training for a half-marathon. It was a blessing in very painful disguise. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Corinne conquered Everest despite having bone-thinning disease - just one of the vibrant, successful women backing our campaign to reduce the toll of this debilitating illness. Now they defiantly declare... we won't let osteoporosis break us!
Conquering the world's highest mountain is a challenge few of us would contemplate. But in Corinne's case, that smile of triumph was especially hard-won (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AI Writes Scientific Papers That Sound Great —But Aren ’ t Accurate
First came the students, who wanted help with their homework and essays. Now, ChatGPT is luring scientists, who are under pressure to publish papers in reputable scientific journals. AI is already disrupting the archaic world of scientific publishing. When Melissa Kacena, vice chair of orthopaedic surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, reviews articles submitted for publication in journals, she now knows to look out for ones that might have been written by the AI program. “I have a rule of thumb now that if I pull up 10 random references cited in the paper, and if more than one isn’t accurate, the...
Source: TIME: Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Sandoz receives Health Canada approval for Jubbonti ®, first and only denosumab biosimilar for treatment of osteoporosis
Biosimilar Jubbonti® approved for all indications of Prolia* reference medicine. • Sandoz continues to expand access for patients in Canada, offering denosumab biosimilar to treat osteoporosis and increase bone mass. • Results confirm that Jubbonti® provides same risks and benefits in terms of…#prolia #sandoz #boucherville #quebec #sandozcanada #healthcanada #jubbonti #canada1 #jeanpierreraynauld #frcpc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news