ALLMedicine™ Osteoporosis Center

Mar 28th, 2023 - Zoledronate is a potent intravenous bisphosphonate effective in the management of osteoporosis, Paget's disease and skeletal-related events in malignancy. Its most frequent adverse effect is the acute phase response (APR), an inflammatory reaction...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Cross-sectional; observational. To determine whether NaF-PET/CT can be used to monitor decreased bone turnover with aging in the spine. Osteoporosis is characterized by structural changes in the bone such as decreased bone mineral density leading ...

Mar 27th, 2023 - Thyroid dysfunction and osteoporosis are conditions strongly associated with aging, and the prevalence of both conditions is expected to increase in the coming decades. Thyroid hormones regulate bone metabolism, and the role of subclinical hypothy...

Mar 25th, 2023 - Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure to stabilize compression fractures in the spine. This procedure involves injecting bone cement into the vertebrae that have been cracked or broken, typically due to osteoporosis. The ceme...

Mar 25th, 2023 - To predict whether a patient has osteoporosis/osteopenia using the attenuation of trabecular bone obtained from knee computed tomography (CT) scans. Retrospective analysis of 273 patients who underwent contemporaneous knee CT scans and dual-energy...

Nov 28th, 2022 - Osteoporosis constitutes a significant public health risk. An estimated 10.2 million adults in the United States >50 years of age have osteoporosis, a systemic condition that weakens the bones increasing the susceptibility for fractures. Approxima...

Nov 2nd, 2022 - Menopause is defined as the cessation of a person's menstrual cycle. It is defined retrospectively, 12 months after the final menstrual period. Perimenopause, or the menopausal transition, is the few-year time period preceding a person's final men...

May 21st, 2022 - To provide updated evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Postmenopausal patients with primary osteoporosis. This guideline was developed using an a priori protocol in conjunction with a writing team consi...

May 17th, 2022 - Provide strategies for improving the care of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women based on the most recent published evidence. Perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Target population will benefit from the most recent published scientific evi...

Nov 7th, 2020 - Management guideline for Werner syndrome 2020. 4. Osteoporosis associated with Werner syndrome.|2020|Mori S,Takemoto M,Kubota Y,Taniguchi T,Motegi SI,|methods,therapeutic use,diagnosis,etiology,prevention & control,complications,diagnosis,drug the...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture development due to non-progressive damage to the developing fetal or infant brain, causing activity limitation. Motor disorders in CP are mostly accompanied by sensory a...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Intensive care patients face health issues that extend beyond their critical illness. A specific area where critical illness may adversely affect the well-being of survivors is increased bone turnover during critical illness, and accelerated bone ...

Mar 13th, 2023 - In men, the hope of lower life, the absence of equivalent of menopause and the existence of a higher peak bone mass are the three factors that explain the lower incidence of osteoporosis in men.

Mar 10th, 2023 - Peak bone mass, achieved at the end of growth period, plays a critical role in the risk of osteoporotic fractures occurring later in life. A 10% increase in peak bone mass was predicted to delay the development of osteoporosis by 13 years. The det...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Menopause is defined as the time in a woman's life when there is a decrease in ovarian function and permanent cessation of reproductive function. Identification of the healthcare needs of menopausal women requires special attention. During menopau...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Key clinical point: Compared with mild atopic dermatitis (AD), severe AD results in an increased risk for overall morbidity. Major finding: Patients with severe vs mild AD had a significantly increased risk for other dermatitis, extragenital herpe.

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Low bone mineral density (BMD) may be predictive of who develops dementia, researchers reported. In a study of community-dwelling older adults, every one standard deviation lower BMD at the femoral neck was linked with a 12% higher risk for develo...

Mar 14th, 2023 - The Biden administration proposed the first-ever limit on PFAS in drinking water. If finalized, the nationwide limit on the endocrine-disrupting chemicals PFOA and PFOS would be capped at 4 parts per trillion. (The Hill) Over the past 20 years, pr...

Feb 19th, 2023 - I recently heard a lecture where the speaker quoted this statistic: “A 50-year-old woman who does not currently have heart disease or cancer has a life expectancy of 91. ” Hopefully, anyone reading this article already is aware of the fact that as.

Feb 14th, 2023 - Key clinical point: Regular assessment of bone mineral density and initiation of primary prevention should be considered in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) as they are predisposed to falls and fractures because of reduced bone density, par.