News articles tagged with 'vertebral'
Surgical technique relieves painful spine fractures in patients with metastatic cancer
— 9 Oct 2010 08:41 | HealthA surgical technique appears to offer quick and effective relief for debilitating spinal fractures often suffered by patients with metastatic cancer, researchers reported at the 35th…
Height loss in postmenopausal women may indicate spinal fracture
— 23 Mar 2010 15:30 | HealthLoss of height in postmenopausal women may indicate a vertebral fracture, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…
New treatment method reduces pain in patients with vertebral compression fractures
— 22 Jul 2009 09:54 | HealthVesselplasty, a new minimally invasive procedure, increases mobility and reduces pain and the need for pain killers in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), according…
Elderly women with 'dowager's hump' may be at higher risk of earlier death
— 22 May 2009 12:09 | HealthHyperkyphosis, or 'dowager's hump' - the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women - may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have…
Adrenal tumours associated with increased risk of bone fractures
— 23 Feb 2009 11:34 | HealthNew research shows that male patients with benign tumours of the adrenal gland suffer more bone fractures. Published in the latest edition of Clinical Endocrinology, the study found…
Chronic kidney disease should not prevent women from taking raloxifene
— 10 Apr 2008 09:19 | HealthThe osteoporosis drug raloxifene increases bone mineral density and reduces the risk of vertebral fractures among postmenopausal women with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD),…
Blunt cerebrovascular injuries can be diagnosed using whole body MDCT
— 1 Apr 2008 13:07 | HealthBlunt cerebrovascular injuries can be diagnosed using whole body 16 multi-detector CT (MDCT); there's no need for an additional neck MDCT angiography examination according to a recent…
Long-term data show vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures provides dramatic pain relief
— 18 Mar 2008 22:48 | HealthThe results of a five-year follow-up study of 884 osteoporosis patients bolster the use of vertebroplasty - an interventional radiology treatment for vertebral compression fractures…
Computer model for osteoporosis diagnostics
— 23 Jan 2008 06:13 | HealthOsteoporosis, a common age-related disease, is being investigated by a group of biomechanical engineers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna). In the frame of a clinical study,…
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