Bone

Predictors of Long-Term Mortality in Older People With Hip Fracture

Patrocinio Ariza-Vega, PhD July 2015Volume 96, Issue 7, Pages 1215–1221 Abstract Objectives To determine 1-year mortality and predisposing factors in older people who had surgery after a hip fracture. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Public acute hospital, trauma service. Participants Patients (N=281) aged ≥65 years who were admitted to the hospital with a hip fracture […]

Gender should be considered in diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases

June 18, 2015 When caring for orthopedic patients, physicians must consider the role of hormones, differential anatomy, joint stability and bone quality, as well as differences in recovery after injury and surgery among men and women, according to researchers. In a recently published literature review, the researchers found women had a significantly higher incidence of […]

Smokers With Vertebral Fractures Are at Higher Risk of Thoracic Kyphosis

May 20, 2015—Denver, Colorado—Smokers with vertebral fractures are at increased risk of thoracic kyphosis. This outcome of a comparative study was reported at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society from May 15 – 20. Elizabeth Anne Regan, MD, PhD of National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, explained that severe chest deformity has been associated […]

BPPV Associated with Increased Fracture Risk

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Is Associated With An Increased Risk Of Fracture: A Population-Based Cohort Study Authors: Wen-Ling Liao, PT Published: Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2015, Volume: 45 Issue: 5 Pages: 406-412 doi:10.2519/jospt.2015.5707 Study Design A nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study. Objectives To investigate whether benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is associated […]

Posture, Back Muscles and Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

Asian Spine J v.9(2); 2015 Apr PMC4404528 Asian Spine J. 2015 Apr; 9(2): 162–169. Published online 2015 Apr 15. doi:  10.4184/asj.2015.9.2.162 PMCID: PMC4404528 What Is the Effect of Spino-Pelvic Sagittal Parameters and Back Muscles on Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture? Dae-Hee Kim, Dong-Hyuk Choi, Ji-Hun Park, Jung-Ho Lee, and Yong-Soo Choi Author information ►Article notes ►Copyright and License information ► Abstract Study Design Case control study. Purpose To […]

The Inexpensive Arthritis & Osteoporosis Cure

March 13, 2015 Absolutely nothing is more disheartening and frustrating than to be doing everything you believe to be right, and spending hours a day teaching others about real food and nutrition, while suffering in silence with unexplained joint pain and trying to hide an ever incapacitating limp! And then at a Weston A. Price conference on […]

The Calcium Myth

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. Calcium may well be the world’s most popular nutritional supplement. Osteoporosis has almost nothing to do with a deficiency of calcium. There are several other minerals and trace minerals that are far more important than calcium in reversing osteoporosis. You need to get a clear mental picture of what […]

Abdominal Obesity Ups Risk of Hip Fracture

  THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Abdominal obesity is associated with increased risk of hip fracture, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine.Anne Johanne Søgaard, Ph.D., from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, and colleagues examined the correlations of waist circumference, hip circumference, […]

Low B12 Blood Levels May Increase Fractures in Senior Men

Date Posted: 2/19/2015 2:34:59 PM> A large, long-range study of older men showed that those with lower blood levels of vitamin B12 had a significantly higher risk of fractures. The Swedish study, published in the January 2014 issue of Osteoporosis International, involved 790 men ages 70 to 81 years. The researchers measured serum levels of cobalamins (vitamin B12) and […]

Vitamin K2 and Osteoporosis

January 29, 2015 Dr. Neville Wilson Osteoporosis is a serious and potentially debilitating condition, in which human bone fragility can give rise to unsuspecting fractures in vulnerable elderly males and females, with increased risk for morbidity and mortality. The common perception that osteoporosis affects only females is false, and may limit the detection and diagnosis […]

Adults With Eczema Face Increased Risk of Fracture and Bone or Joint Injuries

January 15, 2015 Frontline Medical News Eczema in adulthood is directly associated with an increase in incidence of injuries that cause physical limitations, particularly fracture, bone, and joint injuries, according to the results of a prospective study published online in JAMA Dermatology. “The risk of bone fracture and other injury causing limitation in adults with […]

Happy Life, Happy Bones?

Megan Brooks January 15, 2015 Older women who are satisfied with their lives have higher bone density than their unsatisfied peers, a finding that adds weight to the idea that psychological health influences physical health. Päivi Rauma “Osteoporosis is a common disease which easily leads to bone fracture, and hip fractures in particular can have serious consequences […]

Osteoporosis: My Mom’s Story

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. http://www.yourmedicaldetective.com/ My mom’s name is Pat and she is a New Yorker..all the way through. I guess you can call me a “transplanted” New Yorker now living in South Carolina 🙂 You are about to read my mom’s story on osteoporosis. Hope this true story inspires you to not […]

High Milk Intake Associated With Mortality Risk?

Larry Hand October 29, 2014 Story Source Swedish researchers have found that a high intake of milk may be associated with higher mortality and fracture risks in women and higher mortality risk in men, but they caution against basing any dietary recommendations on their findings, which were published online October 28 in BMJ. Karl Michaëlsson, MD, PhD, professor […]

Ibuprofen Better Option for Kids With Fracture

Jenni Laidman October 27, 2014 Ibuprofen proved just as effective as morphine for pain control in children with uncomplicated fractures, and it brought on significantly fewer adverse effects, according to a study published online October 27 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. In a parallel-group, randomized, blinded superiority trial, Naveen Poonai, MD, from the Division of […]

Kidney Stones Up Fracture Risk

Published: Oct 24, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Patients who have kidney stones may be at increased risk of fracture, researchers found. In a retrospective cohort study, men who’d had kidney stones had a higher risk of fracture than men who didn’t have urolithiasis (HR 1.13, 95% CI 1.08-1.18), according to Michelle Denburg, […]

Resveratrol Boosts Bone Formation in Obese Men

Becky McCall October 24, 2014 Story Source High-dose resveratrol, a polyphenolic compound found naturally in nuts and grapes, stimulates formation or mineralization of new bone in obese men with metabolic syndrome, according to results of a new study recently published onlineOctober 16 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. After only 16 weeks of treatment, dose-dependent […]

WHO Fracture Assessment Tool

WHO Fracture Assessment Tool The FRAX® tool has been developed by WHO to evaluate fracture risk of patients. It is based on individual patient models that integrate the risks associated with clinical risk factors as well as bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck. The FRAX® models have been developed from studying population-based cohorts […]

Vitamin C offers no benefits to patients with distal radial fractures

Ekrol I. J Bone Joint Surg. 2014. doi:10.2106/JBJS.M.00268. No significant benefits were found for patients with displaced or nondisplaced distal radial fractures who received vitamin C compared with a placebo, according to study data. Investigators studied 336 patients with an acute distal radial fracture during a 1-year period. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either […]

Testing the validity of preventing chronic regional pain syndrome with vitamin C after distal radius fracture

The Journal of Hand Surgery, 09/30/2014  Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Malay S, et al. – The number of causal/association criteria met was adequate to support the scientific premise of the effect of vitamin C in preventing CRPS after DRF. Furthermore, vitamin C administration is of relatively low cost and has few complications unless administered […]