Sentences with phrase «of osteoporotic»

In the same year, the European Food Safety Authority also approved a dietary supplement health claim for calcium and vitamin D and the reduction of the risk of osteoporotic fractures by reducing bone loss.

The Association of Consumption of Fruits / Vegetables With Decreased Risk of Glaucoma Among Older African - American Women in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.

Why, in Western countries that consume the most dairy foods, are rates of osteoporotic fractures among the highest in the world?

Can yoga reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures by reducing fall risk?

A deficiency in vitamin K may result in an analogue of osteocalcin that has been found in the blood of osteoporotic patients.

The study forecasts that the incidence and costs of osteoporotic fractures in China will double by 2035, with costs rising to approximately USD 25.58 billion by 2050.

Reflecting this expected increase in the ageing population, the researchers projected that the annual incidence and costs of osteoporotic fractures will double by 2035.

Fracture Liaison Services, commonly known as FLS, are coordinator - based, secondary fracture prevention services implemented by health - care systems for the treatment of osteoporotic patients.

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) estimates that by 2050 more than 50 % of all osteoporotic fractures will occur in Asia — and China will be the country which is most affected due to its large population of seniors.

Among other major contributions to our understanding of osteoporosis, the Dubbo Study has enabled the development of the Garvan Fracture Risk Calculator (GFRC), one of two major algorithms worldwide that is used clinically to determine an individual's risk of osteoporotic fracture.

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.

Additional therapies are needed for prevention of osteoporotic fractures.

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

Professor Kristina Akesson, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit at Lund University, Chair of the IOF Capture the Fracture Campaign, stated, «This study concludes that in the population sample of elderly women, vitamin D insufficiency sustained over 5 - years was associated with increased 10 - year risk of osteoporotic fracture.»

Vitamin D insufficiency in seniors has been shown to contribute to increased risk of osteoporotic fractures.

This suggests that ankle fractures, like forearm fractures, should be considered in the category of osteoporotic fractures and taken into account in risk assessment for secondary fracture prevention.»

With an aging population, the cost of osteoporotic fractures is estimated to top $ 20 billion by 2015 in the U.S. alone.

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«Approximately two million osteoporotic fractures occur annually in the U.S., which create physical and psychological burdens for affected women by diminishing their independence and quality of life.

Low levels of vitamin D contribute to osteoporosis because of decreased total fractional calcium absorption (TFCA) and nearly half of postmenopausal women sustain an osteoporotic fracture.

«X-rays are now used to examine people suspected of being osteoporotic, but the tests cost about $ 300 apiece and expose patients to radiation.

A study by researchers at the University of Geneva concludes that prevalent ankle fractures should be considered as osteoporotic fractures and taken into account in fracture - risk assessment.

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.

The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men, or MrOS, study, which looked at nearly 6,000 men with a mean age of 73.7 to determine risk factors for osteoporosis, identified urinary tract stones are a risk factor.

According to the National Institutes of Health, there are approximately 1.5 million osteoporotic fractures in the U.S. each year that lead to half a million hospitalizations, over 800,000 emergency room encounters, more than 2,600,000 physician office visits, and the placement of nearly 180,000 individuals in nursing homes.

This is particularly worrisome in the young of age, where it may cause growth problems and osteoporotic, fragile bones.»

With appropriate assessment and therapy patients who have suffered a first fracture can considerably reduce their risk of subsequent osteoporotic fractures.

Using a simulation model, Swedish researchers have shown that the implementation of Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) could considerably reduce the human and healthcare costs associated with osteoporotic fractures.

To determine risk factors for being diagnosed as osteoporotic, the research team analysed a wide range of factors such as BMI, kidney function, physical activity, servings of milk or cheese, and calcium or vitamin D supplements as well as traditional risk factors for bone health (e.g. smoking, inactivity, alcohol etc.).

The impetus for the research began in Bukata's clinic, where she saw painful bone fractures in osteoporotic patients quickly heal within a few months of taking teriparatide.

Similarly, a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found osteoporotic bone fracture rates are highest in countries that consume the most dairy, calcium and animal protein.

Many times, so much calcium is used to neutralize the effects of sugar that the bones become osteoporotic due to the withdrawn calcium.

In 2002, study researchers stopped giving HT to women with an intact uterus when it became clear that the risks of taking combined hormones (estrogen plus a progestin)-- higher rates of stroke, breast cancer, heart attack, and blood clots in the lungs and legs — outweighed the benefits, namely, reductions in osteoporotic fractures and colorectal cancer.

In a study by Weaver CM, Sojka JE, it was noted that levels of magnesium which were lower in osteoporotic women, could be helped by using magnesium supplements.

It can be concluded that high urinary phytate concentrations are correlated with reduced bone mass loss in lumbar spine over 12 months and with reduced 10 - year probability of hip and major osteoporotic fracture, indicating that increased phytate consumption can prevent development of osteoporosis.

Almost 30 % of hip fractures occur in men, and 1 in 8 men over age 50 will have an osteoporotic fracture.

The FDA also found that after conducting its own review of how effective bisphosphonates are after several years of use, beyond three to five years there was little, if any, additional benefit for most patients unless the person was older and had a higher fracture risk and a bone density that was «osteoporotic.»

Hip fracture and risk of major osteoporotic fracture were associated with psychotropic medication use.