Sentences with word «osteoporotic»

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.

These findings will be built upon in a wider programme of analyses to document the burden of osteoporotic fracture in the UK, and will have important messages for public health planning in future years.»

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.

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.

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

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 simultaneous improvement in functional performance suggests our exercise program provides dual protection from osteoporotic fracture by also preventing falls.»

Cohen L, Kitzes R. Infrared spectroscopy and magnesium content of bone mineral in osteoporotic women.

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.

Source: The research article Comparison of the treatment effects of ossein - hydroxyapatite compound and calcium carbonate in osteoporotic females Dr P. Rüegsegger, A. Keller, M. A. (Osteoporosis International 1995, Volume 5)

Learn how PERQUE Vessel Health Guard can play a role in reducing risk factors for osteoporotic fracture by reducing homocysteine (HCY) levels.

This finding reinforces the need for healthy women with osteoporotic relatives to consider diet, exercise, and possibly drug regimens, says Darwin Prockop, a geneticist at Allegheny University in Philadelphia.

«Outwitting the «silent thief» of osteoporosis: How clues in our genes could help prevent osteoporotic fracture.»

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

In addition to the treatment of degenerative conditions, such as disk herniations and spinal stenosis, he has special interest in spinal tumors, spinal infections, and osteoporotic spine fractures.

A new procedure known as Kyphoplasty is performed for the first time in the state at Rhode Island Hospital by Phillip Lucas, MD, orthopedic surgeon - in - chief in the division of spine surgery, for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

Many times, so much calcium is used to neutralize the effects of sugar that the bones become osteoporotic due to the withdrawn calcium.

I've had patients hunched over from premature osteoporotic fractures after following a high - carb (and low - protein) diet for several years.

If Osteoporotic bone fracture rates are highest in countries that consume the most dairy, calcium, and animal protein.

No, because very osteoporotic people can have arthritic bone deposits.

These would be things like hot flashes, vaginal atrophy, vaginal dryness, pain with intercourse, joint pain, mood swings, or osteoporotic changes to name a few.

Osteoporotic hip fractures are associated with a 20 % excess mortality in the year after fracture (17).

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.

In the early 80's Dr. Lee began using transdermal progesterone (derived from wild yams) to treat his female osteoporotic patients.

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.

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.

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 surprising thing is that avoiding dairy and mal - absorption can cause calcium deficiencies and Osteoporotic bone breakdown 30 to 40 years earlier than you would expect.

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

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.

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

Milk intake during childhood and adolescence, adult bone density, and osteoporotic fractures in U.S. women

«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.

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

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.

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.»

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

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.»

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) global recommendations for vitamin D advise daily intakes of 800 to 1000 IU / day in seniors for fracture and falls prevention, and if the on - going research shows that vitamin D levels are increased it may be a relatively simple and low - cost public health measure that could have significant positive effects on the incidence of osteoporotic fractures with aging.»

Additional therapies are needed for prevention of osteoporotic fractures.

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.

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.

About 400,000 people in the U.S. — 1 in 400 women and 1 in 1,200 men — have hyperparathyroidism; and osteoporotic fractures are a major public health and economic burden, said Dr. Michael Yeh, an associate professor of surgery and medicine, and the study's first author.

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.

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

Worldwide, osteoporosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually, resulting in an osteoporotic fracture every 3 seconds.