Orthopedics

• In the Journals

• Patients with obesity display greater risk of ankle fracture

• July 20, 2012
• Data suggest that obesity presents a greater risk of a more severe ankle fracture, according to this study from researchers in California.
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• High-dose vitamin D may prevent fractures in older patients

• July 9, 2012
• Higher doses of vitamin D supplementation appeared to decrease risk for fracture among older patients, according to data published in the New England...More »

• In the Journals

• Rates of detection, medication for osteoporosis improved after education intervention

• July 5, 2012
• After orthopedic surgeons participated in an intervention program, detection and medication rates for osteoporosis increased more than tenfold in patients...More »

• Study: HIV-positive young men at risk of low bone mass

• July 3, 2012
• Young men being treated for HIV are more likely to experience low bone mass than other men their age, according to results from a research network...More »

• Epilepsy drugs increase risk of fractures, falls

• July 2, 2012
• Patients taking antiepileptic drugs are up to four times more likely to suffer spine, collarbone and ankle fractures — and more likely to have been...More »

• OTE200: Bisphosphonate fractures

• Orthopaedics Today Europe [Archives], Issue 3
• The OTE200 is a group of approximately 200 European orthopaedic practitioners, educators and researchers whose opinions we poll each month. If you would...More »

• Study links muscle mass to bone density, finds gender differences

• June 21, 2012
• A study from the Mayo Clinic has found skeletal muscle mass affects bone architecture and bone strength in distinctly different ways between men and...More »

• New clinical practice guideline released for osteoporosis management in men

• June 19, 2012
• The Endocrine Society has released new clinical practice guidelines for the management of osteoporosis in men.
  The new guidelines, published in the Journal...More »

• In the Journals

• Patients treated with bisphosphonates experience more complications

• June 15, 2012
• Patients with bisphosphonates-associated femoral shaft fractures have more complications compared with patients not treated with bisphosphonates, despite...More »

• High prevalence of osteopenia, osteoporosis among patients referred for pulmonary rehabilitation

• June 14, 2012
• There is a high prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis among male patients with pulmonary disease, according to researchers at the American Thoracic...More »

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