Archive for February, 2010
If you are suffering from heel pain, you’re not alone. According to foot and ankle surgeons attending the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in Las Vegas this week, heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care. Surgeons advise the best defense to keeping pain in control is early treatment…
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As many as half of all women and a quarter of men over the age of 50 can expect to sustain a fractured bone related to osteoporosis or low bone density. To enhance prevention and treatment of these fragility fractures, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has implemented an innovative program called Own the Bone⢠developed by the American Orthopaedic Association…
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UroToday.com - Treatment with 186 Rhenium-l,l-hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (186Re-HEDP) has long been proven safe for palliation of bone pain in patients with widespread osseous metastases. On the basis that, systematic studies evaluating the effect of 186Re-HEDP combined with biphosphonates, especially when concerning repeated doses of the radiopharmaceutical are scarce…
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Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi), a leading, privately-held orthopedics company focused exclusively on technologies and treatments for the small bones & joints, announced that it has received 510(k) pre-market clearance notifications from the U.S…
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Low doses of the medication lasofoxifene can reduce the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, ER-positive breast cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. That’s the finding of a new study in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine…
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Sometimes athletes can be their own worst enemy especially when they continue to play following an injury to a foot or ankle. Surgeons presenting at the Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) are discussing athletic injuries and the importance of proper diagnosis, prompt treatment, and full healing and rehabilitation…
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Dr. Angelo Malamis says that 90 percent of his patients who have undergone a treatment called balloon kyphoplasty for vertebral fractures report significant reductions in pain and disability. But the number of kyphoplasty referrals Malamis has received from primary care doctors has dropped sharply since two controversial studies were published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine…
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Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated the content of the Company’s Complete Response submission for Prolia(TM) (denosumab) in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis and classified it as a Class 2 resubmission…
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More than 850 abstracts have been received - guaranteeing broad global attendance at the year’s most noteworthy platform for osteoporosis research. Don’t miss the most important osteoporosis meeting of 2010, to be held in the center of Florence, Italy from May 5 to 8, 2010. Take advantage of lower rates: early bird registration rates still available before March 10, 2010…
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UroToday.com - Prostate cancer (CaP) patients often undergo a routine bone scan as part of their metastatic evaluation at the time of diagnosis. Most consensus recommendations suggest obtaining bone scans only in patients with risk characteristics suggesting reasonable utility for this test. However, according to a paper by Dr…
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