Sentences with phrase «of older fractures»

Abused animals also tended to show evidence of older fractures, much like the pattern found in many human abuse cases.

Not exact matches

However, according to ESPN's Seth Wickersham, in a bombshell report on a growing fracture on the Patriots, some on the team believe Brady is showing the signs of being a 40 - year - old quarterback.

A fracture in the relationship between Sumner Redstone, the mercurial 84 - year - old mogul who controls CBS and Viacom, and his daughter has become the latest drama within the House of Redstone, and how it plays out could decide the future control of one of the world's great media fortunes.

In North America's most active shale fields, the drilling and hydraulic fracturing of new wells is directly placing older adjacent wells at risk of suffering a premature decline in oil and gas production.

In a fractured and mobile and hyper customized and individualized globalized world, intentional community — plain old church — feels like a radical act of faith and sometimes like a spiritual discipline.

The 24 - year - old South Korean international, who has 42 caps for his country, missed almost all of last season with a double fracture to his leg as Bolton were relegated from the Premier League but has been a regular in the Championship this season after returning to full fitness.

But sadly in July the 23 year - old sustained a fracture to his tibia after leading the Portugal U21 side to the Final of the U21 Euro Championships.

The 124th Run for the Roses has more than a few intriguing entries vying to win the first leg of the Triple Crown: One is Favorite Trick (above, far left), who last year became only the second 2 - year - old (Secretariat was the first, in 1973) to be named Horse of the Year — not to be confused with Event of the Year, who had to drop out of the race last week with a right - knee fracture.

The 22 year - old has since fallen out of favour at Old Trafford, with the youngster having struggled to break into Jose Mourinho's plans following a long - term injury, a double leg fractuold has since fallen out of favour at Old Trafford, with the youngster having struggled to break into Jose Mourinho's plans following a long - term injury, a double leg fractuOld Trafford, with the youngster having struggled to break into Jose Mourinho's plans following a long - term injury, a double leg fracture.

It has now been confirmed that Mason suffered a fractured skull due to the impact of the challenge and much to the relief of everyone, the 25 - year - old remains in stable condition at the moment following a successful surgery.

Falls can be serious, but baby and toddler bones are soft, so they don't fracture as easily as those of an older child.

What if a new child demanded so much of me that their older siblings fell by the wayside, and the relationship I had built with them fractured under the strain of their perceived abandonment?

Lead by 17 - year - old senior, Anna Wysocki, who served as spokesperson for the student panel cited the governors endorsement of the ban on hydraulic fracturing in New York State because of the danger the drilling process posed to the safety of drinking water.

Still, his discovery — the absence of stress fractures — is good only for disproving the old theory.

Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more medical conditions than patients who underwent an elective total hip replacement, factors that may contribute to the higher risk of in - hospital death and major postoperative complications experienced by hip fracture surgery patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue of JAMA.

The effect of older age and other medical conditions associated with hip fracture on this increased risk has not been known, according to background information in the article.

«Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more comorbidities than patients who underwent an elective THR, and these differences accounted for some of the difference in outcomes between these groups,» the authors write.

Scientists have used state - of - the - art imaging techniques to examine the cracks, fractures and breaks in the bones of a 150 million - year - old predatory dinosaur.

Previous studies have connected high levels of inflammatory markers in the blood to bone loss and to fractures in older women and men, which prompted Orchard and her colleagues to wonder what they'd find if they took one more step back — to the dietary choices that contribute to inflammation in the body.

In this study, researchers reviewed the Medicare Standard Analytic Files (SAF) database to identify patients, age 65 and older, who had a diagnosis of osteoporosis and sustained a fragility fracture between 2005 and 2009.

Previous research had found conflicting evidence on the association between caffeine consumption and osteoporosis, the thinning of bones that can lead to catastrophic fractures, especially in older women.

A major health problem in older people is age - associated osteoporosis — the thinning of bone and the loss of bone density that increases the risk of fractures.

For seniors living in high - risk environments of nursing homes and hospitals, there were nine less hip fractures per 1,000 older adults per year.

Community screening for osteoporosis could prevent more than a quarter of hip fractures in older women — according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Hip fractures usually affect older people and often lead to disability, a worse quality of life and premature death.

Prof Eugene McCloskey, University of Sheffield, said: «Low - cost screening with FRAX among the older population could result in effective, targeted intervention to reduce the human and socioeconomic burden of hip fractures.

The team used a University of Sheffield developed tool called FRAX, which predicts the probability of a hip fracture or a major osteoporotic fracture (a hip, spine, upper arm or lower arm fracture), to identify older women at high risk.

It has been estimated that the lifetime risk of osteoporotic fracture for a 60 - year - old woman is 44 percent.

The findings come from an analysis of data from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures that assessed bone mineral density and risk factors in 7,959 older women from 1987 to 1989.

Overall fracture rate was higher for women over the age of 50 years old (155 per 10,000 persons per year compared to men over the age of 50 (72 per 10,000 persons per year).

«By following this cohort of older women for so long, we show directly that lifetime risk of hip fracture in community - dwelling women over age 75 is extremely high,» wrote the authors of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study report.

Osteoporosis already affects about 1 in 3 postmenopausal women and 1 in 5 older men, although the incidence of hip fractures is trending downward, Bethel said.

Older people with an age - related loss of muscle mass and strength may be at greater risk of falling and bone fractures, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.

Fractured shin bones of old mice healed faster and better when the rodents were joined to young mice than to mice their own age.

Given that hyperkyphosis is also associated with bone loss and vertebral fractures, the authors of the article «Patterns of menopausal hormone therapy use and hyperkyphosis in older women» hypothesized that HT may also be effective in helping prevent exaggerated spine curvature, sometimes called dowager's hump.

The images showed that individuals with type 2 diabetes have structural defects within their bones, which could weaken them and go some way to explaining the greater rates of fracture found in older men and women with the disease.

It is getting worse as more people get older and their risk of fracture increases.

Dr Nick Evans, Associate Professor in Bioengineering at the University of Southampton and lead author of the study, says: «Bone fractures are a big problem in society, especially in older people.

Despite this, of Swedish women aged 50 years or older who have for the first time received inpatient care for a fracture, only 14.1 % currently receive osteoporosis treatment.

The older, more cratered surfaces of Lutetia also feature a variety of roughly parallel, curvilinear features, including scarps, troughs, fractures, faults, grooves and pit chains.

The effect of glucocorticoid treatment is most prominent on trabecular bone and is therefore likely to be larger on vertebral bone than on hip bone.3 Glucocorticoids are associated with an increased rate of fracture, and higher doses and longer use of glucocorticoids are associated with higher risks of fracture.4 Compared with patients not taking glucocorticoids, the risk of hip and vertebral fracture among patients taking glucocorticoids is increased by 60 % and 160 %, respectively.4 Among 80 - year - old patients, the hip fracture risk is increased by a magnitude of 2.1 and is independent of BMD.5 Most studies indicate that fracture risk is increased following at least 3 months of treatment with daily doses of 5 mg of prednisolone or more in older men and women.4

A new grant, co-led by Dr. Richard W. Besdine, will promote adoption of a care model in which geriatricians and other physicians co-manage care for older patients with hip fractures.

The last one is crucial for preventing bone fractures, which are infamously detrimental to the health of older people.

There are, however, two exceptions: babies who are exclusively breast - fed should receive 400 IU a day of supplemental vitamin D, because it isn't contained in human milk and because they don't get out into the sun much; and elderly adults over sixty - five years old should receive 800 IU daily because it's been shown to reduce the high risk of bone fractures.

Unfortunately, the old bone which is saved by using fosamax is eventually structurally unsound, and after three or four years it has no benefit, and I suspect it tends to increase the rate of hip fracture after about five years.

Researchers have shown that older people using new generation medications for depression will be at more risk of death and experiencing various severe medical conditions such as falls, stroke, epilepsy and fractures.

Together, those factors reduce your risk for falls and fractures — major causes of disability for older people.

• Increased risk of heart attack • Increased risk of stroke • Increased risk of blood clots • Increased risk of breast cancer • Reduced risk of colorectal cancer • Fewer fractures • No protection against mild cognitive impairment and increased risk of dementia (study included only women 65 and older)

For this reason, DHEA helps build new bone tissue and has been shown to significantly improve bone mineral density in older adults.87, 88, 89 Low levels are associated with increased risk of fracture and osteoporosis.90

DHEA helps build new bone tissue, primarily through its indirect elevation of serum levels of estradiol, and has been shown to significantly improve bone mineral density in older adults.757778 Low levels are associated with increased risk of fracture and osteoporosis.79