Anxiety in postmenopausal women linked to fracture risk Medha Baranwal Baranwal19 Jun 2018 7:15 PM ISTPost-menopausal women with high level of anxiety are more prone to poor bone health that increases the risk of fractures, according to a new study...
Oral glucocorticoids do not reduce BMD in Rheumatoid Arthritis upto 2 years Vinay Singh singh5 July 2018 7:30 PM ISTTreatment with prednisone/prednisolone was not associated with significant change in bone mass density (BMD) compared with placebo in patients with...
Ultrasound - A better tool than X-ray for diagnosing long-bone fracture : Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal10 July 2018 8:10 PM ISTEmergency medicine (EM) resident physicians' are able to identify long-bone fracture better with ultrasound than with plain radiography (X-Ray),...
Empagliflozin does not increase bone fracture risk in diabetes patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 July 2018 8:20 PM ISTA new study published in the journal Diabetes Care finds that Empagliflozin -- a drug given for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) -- does not...
Quick repair of hip fracture decreases mortality in Elderly Hina Zahid9 Aug 2018 7:15 PM ISTAn international team of researchers estimated that 16.5 per cent of in-hospital deaths after a hip fracture could have been avoided if patients had...
Prolonged vasopressor support during hip-fracture surgery increases mortality risk Vinay Singh singh12 Aug 2018 7:20 PM ISTHip fracture patients treated with vasopressors (VP) infusion ≥3 hours have increased mortality, while patients treated with injections or infusion...
A rare case of fracture Penis after sidenifil ingestion Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Aug 2018 4:42 PM ISTA rare case of Penile fracture has been reported by Dr.Deepanshu Sharma at Department of Urology, King George’s Medical University,Lucknow, Uttar...
Vitamin D: a pseudo-vitamin for a pseudo-disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Sept 2018 7:05 PM ISTBy Tim Spector, King's College LondonWe are still in love with vitamins a century after they were discovered, with half the US and UK population...
Ban Infant Walkers - Recommends American Academy of Pediatrics Vinay Singh singh18 Sept 2018 8:10 PM ISTA new study published in the journal Pediatrics reports that a large number of children are injured every year using infant walkers and majority...
Elderly patients of hip or spine fracture to be treated for osteoporosis Vinay Singh singh2 Oct 2018 7:05 PM ISTNew recommendations to intensify efforts to tackle the public health crisis in the treatment of osteoporosis and the debilitating and often deadly hip...
Men have 3 fold higher risk of repeat fracture in osteoporosis Vinay Singh singh3 Oct 2018 7:20 PM ISTElderly men have a 3 fold higher risk of repeat fracture in osteoporosis compared to women, finds a new study.Elderly people who experienced a first...
Vitamin D does not prevent fractures in adults : Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli4 Oct 2018 8:10 PM ISTIn the largest Study to date researchers have found that Vitamin D supplementation does not prevent fractures or falls, or improve bone mineral...
