NEW!!! Ask the Doctor: Winning Against Osteoporosis
Feb-26-2007
Q: As a woman, is there anything I can do to prevent osteoporosis? By Lisa Vasak, M.D., internist at Saint John's Health Center Osteoporosis is a disease that can be prevented and treated.
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Putting the Risk for Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Into Perspective
Feb-26-2007
Experts provide the latest information about incidence, risk factors, and approach to ONJ in patients treated for osteoporosis with bisphosphonate. (CME,CE)
Aquatic classes can help with arthritis
Feb-26-2007
Physiotherapy Associates, 35111 U.S. 19 N, Suite 100, offers aquatic classes for those with arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis and chronic back and neck pain.
"Make Osteoporosis Matter" Topic of Free Lecture
Feb-22-2007
Winthrop-University Hospital's Women's Health Forum will offer a free lecture, "Make Osteoporosis Matter: Fact & Fiction About Therapies" on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 7:00 PM.
Looking at Osteoporosis
Feb-18-2007
Osteoporosis, a disease that develops as a result of low bone mass and the breakdown of bone tissue, will affect over 50% of the population over the age of 50 years of age...that's 44 million Americans.
Watch out for these osteoporosis red flags
Feb-19-2007
Osteoporosis, a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, affects the health of an estimated 44 million Americans, including more than 50 percent of Americans who are ...
Ending osteoporosis therapy doesn't increase fracture risk
Feb-19-2007
Many postmenopausal women who stop taking alendronate experience a moderate decrease in bone mineral density , but for most women, this doesn't increase their chances of fracture.
Budapest court rejects Merck patent case against Richter drug - extended
Feb-20-2007
A Budapest court rejected Merck & Co.'s patent-infringement case against Gedeon Richter Nyrt's Sedron osteoporosis medicine, reaffirming an appellate court ruling from one year ago.
Fundraiser Sunday for Sterling girl fighting arthritis
Feb-16-2007
The Rock Falls girl, now 14, faces ongoing complications from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis - she developed osteoporosis in the last year, and underwent colon surgery in December.
Zelos reports positive osteoporosis results
Feb-08-2007
Zelos Therapeutics has reported good results from a phase II study of its parathyroid hormone analogue Ostabolin-C, in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
Seniors May Get Inadequate Osteoporosis Treatment
Feb-04-2007
Osteoporosis affects more than 28 million Americans, but it can be treated -- and even prevented -- with proper nutrition and health care. Two studies reported by the American Geriatrics...
know your options before you need it
Feb-08-2007
When Anna slipped off a stool that she used to retrieve things from her cabinet, she fell and broke her hip - a particularly serious accident for an 83-year-old with osteoporosis.
Pubertal Timing is an Independent Predictor of Central Adiposity in Young Adult Males: the Gothenburg Osteoporosis and Obesity Determinants Study
Feb-09-2007
The role of puberty and normal variations in pubertal timing for the development of obesity in men is unclear.
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Merck Braces for Flood of Fosamax Lawsuits
Feb-06-2007
Merck & Co., already battered by Vioxx lawsuits, is preparing for a blizzard of litigation from patients claiming they were harmed by Fosamax, the company's hot-selling osteoporosis drug.
One way to fight osteoporosis
Feb-10-2007
Machine may well be in forefront of treatment In 2007 what will astronauts take to the space station? I'm sure we would name the things necessary to sustain life in outer space.
Skinny teens warned about osteoporosis risk
Feb-01-2007
Skinny teenagers and girls suffering from anorexia could be seriously damaging their bones and increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life.
Skinny teens warned about osteoporosis risk
(Reuters)
Feb-01-2007
Reuters - Skinny teenagers and girls
suffering from anorexia could be seriously damaging their bones
and increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life.
Skinny teens warned about osteoporosis risk
Feb-01-2007
LONDON, Feb 1 - Skinny teenagers and girls suffering from anorexia could be seriously damaging their bones and increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life.The debate about underweight ...
Skinny teens warned about osteoporosis risk
Feb-02-2007
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Skinny teenagers and girls suffering from anorexia could be seriously damaging their bones and increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life.
International Osteoporosis Foundation Warns Of Bone Damage From Anorexia
Feb-02-2007
Anorexia, which in recent months has caused a stir among fashion circles, can seriously damage a woman's bones and be a risk factor later in life for osteoporosis.The period of greatest bone growth is during puberty and adolescence. Maximum bone development takes place in girls and boys roughly between ages of 11 to 17 years. [click link for full article]
Men Warned Of Osteoporosis Problems By McMaster Researcher
Feb-01-2007
A McMaster University researcher is alerting men and their doctors that osteoporosis isn't just a woman's problem but that the bone-wasting disease can severely afflict them, too.To overcome this common perception, Dr. Aliya A. [click link for full article]
Patient has to foot the bill for inserts
Feb-01-2007
Q: In February 2006, I visited podiatrist Robert Levine for orthotic inserts. I have plantar fascitis, fibromyalgia and osteoporosis.