By Bronwyn ThompsonMay 15, 2024 Are blood pressure drugs causing us to break bones? Depositphotos Healthcare workers have urged for a greater duty of care with older adults who start taking common blood pressure medicines, with a new study highlighting that they’re more than twice as likely to experience fall-related fractures after commencing treatment. We’ve...
One of Norway’s biggest achievements to date in the practical application of artificial intelligence is in identifying bone fractures. The secret of this success may benefit many of our business leaders.No-one wants to slip on the ice. But if you get taken to hospital in Vestre Viken and they suspect that you may have a...
by Laurel Hamers, University of Oregon Different affibodies (blue and orange) binding to BMP-2 (gray) in different locations. Credit: University of Oregon Instead of bulky metal plates and screws, bone fractures might someday be healed via targeted, controlled delivery of a specialized bone-growth protein. University of Oregon researchers have developed a system to get that protein to the...
by American Society of Nephrology Graphical abstract: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (2022). DOI: 10.2215/CJN.16171221 Sodium glucose transport-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, which reduce glucose reabsorption by the kidneys, can help control blood sugar levels and protect kidney health in patients with diabetic kidney disease; however, some large clinical trials have linked the medications to a higher...
WILEY Fractures in the vertebrae of the spine and calcification in a blood vessel called the abdominal aorta can both be visualized through the same spinal imaging test. A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research that included 5,365 older men indicates that each of these measures are linked with a higher risk...
New biomaterial transplants bone-forming stem cells into severe bone fractures It could reduce complications and infections from serious open fracture injuries After creating new bone to fix a fracture the biomaterial is absorbed by the body UK experts tested the material on mice and want to do clinical trials on humans A new type of bandage has been...
A large study has produced strong evidence that a drug commonly used to treat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis could safely prevent fractures in elderly women who have bones that aren’t as weak. Osteoporosis specialists are considering wider use of a drug to strengthen bones in elderly women. The study of 2,000 women age 65 and...
