Psychotropic Medications Can Increase Fracture Risk in Older Patients
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Dr. Romeo V.Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:15pm
A study published in the August 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology examined the link between taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics, and increased risk of fracture in older individuals. Manitoba-based administrative databases were used to examine psychotropic medicatio ...
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Complications Following Distal Radius Fractures
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Mike ReinoldPosted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:06pm
This week’s guest post is from TrevorWinnegge PT, DPT, MS, OCS, CSCS. Your may recognize the name, Trevor is a frequent commenter here on this website. Trevor has been practicing PT for over 8 years. He graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelors in PT and a master of science degree. He also graduated from Temple University with a D ...
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Stress Fractures
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Greg KatzPosted
Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:36pm
Stress isn’t good for the mind, body or soul even when you’re healthy; but when you’re facing a health challenge the results can be devastating. Like the footage we’ve seen from bridges, we think that in the body that stress causes the cracks. Unfortunately, following your diagnosis with a chronic or life-threatening illness, it accentuate ...
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Medical Alert: Women and Thigh Fractures
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Dr. Paul HsiehPosted
Mon 07 Sep 2009 10:20pm
[This post isn't on health care policy, but rather personal health care. Feel free to forward it to anyone else who might be interested. -- PSH]
Last week I attended a medical conference which included an update on the radiology of skeletal and orthopedic disease.
Although most of the lectures were intended for health professionals, the ...
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MILK, COLA, AND KIDS FRACTURES
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marie dufour RDPosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:05pm
By Marie Dufour, RD – Sometimes, the medical news wire blesses me with mana from heaven. Take today’s reports:
- Kids’ PE injuries have jumped 150% over an 11-year period. (1)
- Seven out of 10 U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D. (2)
These two comments come from analysis of the 2001-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examina ...
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Aggressive Osteoporosis Treatment Can Reduce Hip Fractures by 37%
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Anthony CirilloPosted
Thu 05 Nov 2009 10:01pm
According to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente, proactive measures can reduce hip fracture rates by an average of 37.2 percent -- and as much as 50 percent -- among those at risk. In the study published November 3 in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, more than 625,000 male and female patients over the age of 50 in Southern California who ...
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Are you at risk of a bone fracture from osteoporosis?
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OlwenAndersonPosted
Mon 04 Jan 2010 8:46pm
Now here's a handy tool..... a free online calculator to assess your risk of a bone fracture from osteoporosis. You can find it here http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/tool.jsp?locationValue=23 When you've put in all the data, the program will calculate the percentage probability of a fracture within the next 10 years.
By the way, question 12 ...
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Bisphosphonates & Atypical Femur Fractures: Part 3 - Take Teriparatide!
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Alvin B. LinPosted
Thu 07 Apr 2011 8:21am
We've taken a hard look at bisphosphonates lately, first in December and then in February . The consensus now is to take them only if necessary (and only after clearance from your dentist) and then only for about 5 years with the understanding that bisphosphonates do lower the risk of osteoporotic fractures which overrides the extremely l ...
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High Doses Vitamin D May Prevent Fractures
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Anthony CirilloPosted
Fri 14 Sep 2012 9:28am
Daily high dose vitamin D supplementation is effective in preventing fractures in the elderly according to researchers at Tufts University.
They studied data from 11
randomized trials — comprising more than 31,000 older adults —
investigating vitamin D supplementation and fractures.
"Taking between 800 IUs and 2,000 IU ...
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