Showing posts with label osteoporosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label osteoporosis. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Steady Drop in Hip Fractures

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From the New York Times: Rates of hip fractures, an often devastating consequence of osteoporosis, have been steadily falling for two decade...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Aging men may be under-prescribed bone-saving drugs, osteoporosis study finds

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From the Canadian Press: A new study suggests aging men and their doctors may not be paying enough attention to bone health. The report from...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

AR pharmacy offers bone density scan

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From Nova News Now (NS): A new bone scanner is making it easy for Valley residents to get a heads-up on their thigh-bones. Hutchins Pharmasa...
Monday, October 20, 2008

High fracture risk seen in heart failure patients

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From the CBC News: People with heart failure have an elevated risk for bone fractures, particularly a broken hip, and doctors should be on t...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Heartburn drugs boost hip-fracture risk over long term: study

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From CBC News: Popular heartburn medications may significantly increase the risk of suffering a disabling broken hip when taken over the lon...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Bone loss screening can be less frequent, study finds

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From CBC News: Elderly men and women are at high risk of hip fracture due to bone loss, say researchers, but given rates of bone loss, scree...
Monday, March 03, 2008

Bone drugs iffy

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From the Toronto Sun: Can drugs that strengthen your bones actually hurt them? That question has been asked recently by many women upon read...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Study suggests those taking osteoporosis drugs risk painful bone condition

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From the Canadian Press: Millions of women around the world who take a certain class of osteoporosis drugs may be at higher risk of a painfu...
Monday, December 03, 2007

Common diabetes drug may increase chances of developing osteoporosis

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From CBC News: The popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia may increase bone thinning, a discovery that could help explain why diabetics c...
Monday, May 07, 2007

New drug drastically reduces fractures, research shows

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From the Globe and Mail: A drug that needs to be injected only once a year can sharply reduce fractures in women suffering from the bone-wea...