Sentences with phrase «treatments than bone»

Cord blood stem cells are also often a better option for medical treatments than bone marrow, another option often used in stem cell therapies.

Not exact matches

Bone loss was higher in men compared to women in the placebo arm, and the protection against bone loss was higher in men than in women in the treatment Bone loss was higher in men compared to women in the placebo arm, and the protection against bone loss was higher in men than in women in the treatment bone loss was higher in men than in women in the treatment arm.

With two additional years of denusomab treatment, their bone mineral density increased further and the wrist fracture rate declined to levels significantly lower than the FREEDOM placebo rate (rate ratio = 0.57, 95 % CI = 0.34 - 0.95; p = 0.03).

In addition, the healed bones resulting from stem cell treatment were found to be significantly stronger and able to withstand more stress than those in the control group.

A new study appearing in the February 4th issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS) found significant benefit from surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with and without degenerative spondylolisthesis — debilitating spinal conditions causing leg and back pain, numbness and weakness — and no higher overall complication rate and no higher mortality for patients age 80 and older when compared to patients younger than age 80.

Bone symptoms occurred considerably later in men who were treated with radium - 223 + BSC than under BSC treatment alone.

The effect of hormone treatments on bone mineral density (BMD) is another issue for spaceflight, where astronauts lose bone at a much higher rate than on Earth.

«It affects many more children than brittle bone disease, so we're very hopeful that sclerostin antibody therapy will be a useful treatment for them as well.

In a hypothetical group of 1,000 fracture patients, of which all had an incident fracture and a T - score lower than an age - matched population, and assuming FLS increases the proportion of patients identified with bone mineral testing to 50 %, 383 patients started treatment in the FLS.

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

These encouraging data suggest that transient BIO treatment may represent a safe and rapid strategy to enhance the osteogenic potential of patient BM stem cells, a bone defect repair approach that the authors believe is a faster path to clinical translation than the treatment of purified and ex vivo - amplified hMSCs.

Glucocorticoid therapy is widely used to treat inflammatory conditions and is the most common cause of secondary osteoporosis.1 Treatment with glucocorticoids is especially common (2 % -3 %) in patients older than 65 years.2 Glucocorticoid treatment leads to rapid bone loss, reflected by reduced bone mineral densiTreatment with glucocorticoids is especially common (2 % -3 %) in patients older than 65 years.2 Glucocorticoid treatment leads to rapid bone loss, reflected by reduced bone mineral densitreatment leads to rapid bone loss, reflected by reduced bone mineral density (BMD).

Leukemia patients, including those who require lifesaving bone marrow transplants, have more treatment options than ever, says hematologist / oncologist Robert Collins Jr., M.D., FACP.

In an outpatient blood and bone marrow stem cell transplant, the patient undergoes the full course of treatment (pre-transplant evaluation, conditioning, infusion of their stem cells, engraftment and recovery) on an outpatient basis rather than being admitted to the hospital for three to four weeks of treatment.

Results were amazing indicating that rats that were treated with maca developed far greater capacity for bone regeneration than rats with traditional treatment!

Dr. Mehl has authored more than 25 publications in peer - reviewed journals covering many surgical diseases such as laryngeal disorders and treatment, adrenal tumors, bone tumors, liver shunts in small and large breed dogs, kidney transplantation, feline ureteral surgery, episoplasty in dogs, laparoscopic surgery, tracheal surgery and thoracic surgery.

Though some might gag at the prospect of watering Chardonnay grapes with reclaimed sewage, [Laurence] Sterling [the operations manager] said the treatment is so advanced the recycled supplies are cleaner than what comes out of a nearby creek — which was bone dry last month.

These bare - bones plans would cost less than ACA - approved plans, as they don't provide coverage for preventative care, medications, mental health treatment or dental.

You can always dramatically change the look of a classic white kitchen with an incredibly wide range of colorful accessories and even window treatments, all of which are a whole lot cheaper than changing the bones.