ACL Patients get More Bang for Their Buck With Lightweight BracesReported July 13, 2007 (ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Tearing an anterior cruciate ligament can be a painful experience, and it usually requires extensive surgical reconstruction. Though surgery can be expensive, researchers report a patient's recovery … [Read more...]
Orthopedics News
Custom Wrist Replacements
Custom Wrist Replacements Reported January 19, 2009 CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seventy million people are suffering from arthritis. Many of them deal with pain in their wrists. Until now, they were fitted with bulky, one-size-fits-all wrist replacements. Now, doctors have found a way to personalize each replacement and save money doing … [Read more...]
Fractures Associated With Diabetes
Fractures Associated With Diabetes Reported October 01, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research suggests an association between thiazolidinediones -- a type of drug introduced in the 1990s to treat type 2 diabetes -- and bone fracture. Ian Douglas of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues searched the UK General Practice … [Read more...]
Injection for Better Bones — In-Depth Doctor’s Interview
Injection for Better Bones -- In-Depth Doctor's Interview Reported July 13, 2005 Michael McClung, M.D., explains a new drug to fight osteoporosis that is easier to take and just as effective as traditional drugs. Ivanhoe Broadcast News Transcript with Michael McClung, M.D., Endocrinologist, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, TOPIC: Injection for … [Read more...]
Osteoporosis Drug Safe for Kidney Disease
Osteoporosis Drug Safe for Kidney Disease Reported April 11, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals the osteoporosis drug raloxifene (Evista) can safe and effectively increase bone mineral density in women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) -- a group often excluded from osteoporosis drug studies. For women with CKD, it is … [Read more...]
Shallow Hip Pocket Predicts Osteoarthritis
Shallow Hip Pocket Predicts Osteoarthritis Reported March 7, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals the condition acetabular dysplasia is a strong independent indicator for the development of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. Acetabular dysplasia is a developmental condition, often present at birth. It is marked by … [Read more...]
Back Surgery: Closing the Gap
Back Surgery: Closing the Gap Reported October 28, 2009 PITTSBURGH (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Every year, U.S. surgeons perform more than half a million back surgeries to relieve disc-related pain. As many as 30 percent of those patients have recurrent problems. Orthopedic specialists are testing a new procedure that might prevent patients from needing … [Read more...]
Drug Reduces Bone Fracture Risk
Drug Reduces Bone Fracture Risk Reported March 17, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Treatment with the drug alendronate (Fosamax) can reduce the risk of vertebral bone fractures in women with low bone mass but not osteoporosis, according to a new study. Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, … [Read more...]
Guts Grow Bones
Guts Grow Bones Reported November 27, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A surprising new discovery in how bones grow may lead to a novel treatment of osteoporosis. Bone growth is controlled in the gut through serotonin, a chemical in the brain that also influences mood, appetite and sleep. Researchers have known that 95 percent of the bodys serotonin is produced by the duodenum, … [Read more...]
Knee Patients Take a Stand
Knee Patients Take a Stand Reported June 26, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) For most people, standing up from a sitting position no problem. But for people with severe knee pain, its a major effort, and many learn to cope by changing the muscles they use to get the job done. Now a new study out of the University of Delaware finds people with severe … [Read more...]
Preventing Baseball Injuries
Preventing Baseball InjuriesReported July 13, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) Shoulder strength and control are critical to a baseball pitchers ability to compete. A new study suggests that a focused strength training program to increase a pitcher's shoulder strength during the preseason may prevent serious injury during the season. "The ability to identify pitchers at risk for … [Read more...]
Special Therapy Relieves Back Pain
Special Therapy Relieves Back Pain Reported April 15, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's estimated that up to 80 percent of adults experience lower back pain. Now, a new study shows a special physical therapy method is a successful treatment for those with chronic back pain caused by disc disease. … [Read more...]
Bringing Real Feeling to Artificial Limbs
Bringing Real Feeling to Artificial Limbs Reported October 28, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Plastic surgeons have discovered an electrically conducting polymer (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene or PEDOT) that helps grow new nerve fibers in the severed nerves of amputees, which may provide neurologic control of prosthetics. Current prosthetics may look … [Read more...]
Faster Back Pain Relief
Faster Back Pain Relief Reported August 25, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Each year, 40 to 60 percent of adults in the United States suffer from chronic back pain and more than one million of these people seek spinal surgery procedures. A new surgery is offering relief to many of these people with less pain, less rehabilitation and less anxiety. "My dogs give me … [Read more...]
Low Vitamin D Tied to Estrogen Decline
Low Vitamin D Tied to Estrogen Decline Reported November 17, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Ill effects of vitamin D deficiency in men are amplified by lower levels of estrogen, but not by testosterone. Vitamin D is essential to good health, and can be obtained from fortified foods such as milk and cereals, and by exposure to sunlight. Previous studies … [Read more...]
Repairing Spinal Fractures
Repairing Spinal Fractures Reported July 23, 2008 LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Twenty-five percent of postmenopausal women develop spinal fractures, often brought on by osteoporosis. If untreated, it can cause chronic, debilitating back pain. Yet many women don't realize there's a way to get fast relief. It's the calcium, not the taste Nora Ripper craves. At age 83 … [Read more...]
Fitness News : Women Fitness
Surgery-Free Back Treatment Reported May 31, 2007 TAMPA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Ninety percent of adults will have back pain at least once during their lifetime. The last thing many people want to have is surgery. There is now an option that has many people finding the relief they want without going under the knife. Last year, Rick Terrana hurt his back. He … [Read more...]
Wii-itis
Wii-itis Reported October 01, 2009 ROCHESTER, Minn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's happening around TV sets in more than 10 million households across the U.S. An interactive video game is connecting grandparents with their grandchildren and providing a great workout. But is there such a thing as too much Wii? Move over Monopoly. Many family game … [Read more...]
Adults Born With Very Low Birth Weight at Risk for Osteoporosis
Adults Born With Very Low Birth Weight at Risk for Osteoporosis Reported August 25, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- In a new study, Petteri Hovi and colleagues from the National Institute for Health and Welfare Helsinki, Finland evaluated skeletal health in 144 adults, ages ranging from 18 to 27 years, who were born preterm with very low birth … [Read more...]
Dangerous Flip-Flops
Dangerous Flip-Flops Reported August 19, 2008 AUBURN, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They might be the unofficial footwear of summer. Millions of pairs of flip-flops are sold every year, and chances are you have at least one pair in your closet; but could your flip-flops be changing the way you walk? "I think there's an attitude that goes with them," one avid flip-flop wearer … [Read more...]
Fractures up Death Risk for Men and Women
Fractures up Death Risk for Men and Women Reported February 05, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Older men and women who suffer a broken bone are at higher risk of dying over the next five to ten years, and among those who have a second fracture, the risk period is even longer. Australian researchers arrived at those conclusions after studying … [Read more...]
Injection for Better Bones
Injection for Better Bones Reported January 31, 2005 PORTLAND, Ore. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- If you are a woman over 50, you have a one in two chance of eventually suffering a fracture caused by osteoporosis. The risk for men is one in four. Medications can lessen … [Read more...]
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