News tagged with fracture risk
Bariatric surgery increases risk of fractures
Jun 11, 2009 |
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After weight loss surgery, people have nearly twice the expected risk of breaking a bone and an even higher risk of a foot or hand fracture, a new study has found.
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Older adults who experience osteoporotic fracture have increased risk of death for 5-10 years
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Women and men age 60 years or older who have a low-trauma osteoporotic fracture have an increased risk of death for the following 5 to 10 years, compared to the general population, and those who experience another fracture ...
Low testosterone levels associated with risk of fracture in men over 60
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Men over age 60 who have low blood testosterone levels may be at a higher risk for fractures, according to a report in the January 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Bone fractures can double or triple mortality for up to 10 years
Feb 04, 2009 |
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A new study shows that osteoporotic fractures increase a person's risk of dying, even after relatively minor fractures if that person is elderly. With hip fractures, there is double the risk of death for women, three times ...
Study shows that prostate cancer increases the risk of bone fracture
May 14, 2008 |
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As unlikely as it sounds, scientists at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research have shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and a higher risk of bone fracture.
Risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women rises steeply with age
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Among postmenopausal women, the risk of hip fractures increases steeply with age and is seven times higher in 70-year olds than in 50- year olds, according to a study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Launch of Web-based tool to predict risk of bone fracture
Mar 07, 2008 |
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It will soon be possible for anyone over 60 to predict their individual risk of bone fracture with the aid of a simple web-based tool, developed by the Sydney-based Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
Stroke doubles patients' risk of hip or thigh fracture
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Stroke survivors have about twice the risk of breaking a hip or femur compared to those without stroke — and the risk is even greater for younger patients, women and those with recent strokes, Dutch researchers report in ...
WHO tool helps target bone treatment
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Better targeted, more cost-effective osteoporosis treatment could soon be a reality worldwide. A new method for determining more accurately at which point someone needs further diagnostic tests, or when immediate treatment ...
HIV patients at greater risk for bone fractures
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 28, 2008 |
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HIV-infected patients have a higher prevalence of fractures than non HIV-infected patients, across both genders and critical fracture sites according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease associated with risk of subsequent hip fracture
Oct 20, 2009 |
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A study that includes twins finds that the risk of hip fracture was significantly increased following a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD), with analysis also suggesting a genetic predisposition to the development ...
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