The National Osteoporosis Foundation guidelines state that bone-density testing does not need to be performed if a person has a known osteoporotic fracture because the patient will be treated for osteoporosis with or without a bone-density study. In addition, bone-density testing is not appropriate ...
I'm not sure how much I'll be blogging in the upcoming weeks--with Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur starting tomorrow night--and soon after I'll be traveling out-of-town to help my kids with the arrival of grandchild #2. Woo Hoo! In between work--I'll be busy cooking for the holidays, ...
Our clinical trials with kids now go through the hospital board of two treatments twice per day because of encouraging compliance rather than efficacy. 7./ Can You Target Different Parts of the Anatomy? (00:54:06) Can we sit on the LiV to improve the effectiveness in the lumbar spine? Co...
But there was a hurdle to be overcome: To effectively treat chronic disease, the drug would have to be administered over long periods of time, which can't be done with antibiotics because of side effects such as disrupting the balance of intestinal bacteria and overgrowth of bacteria that are...
Muscle power refers to the body's ability to produce fast and forceful movements and is critical to optimising balance, mobility and reaction time, all of which are important to reduce the risk of falls and fractures, research fellow Dr Jenny Gianoudis explained. ...