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Drug tx to prevent hip fractures not viable
Drug treatment to prevent hip fracture is neither viable nor cost effective, with current strategy inefficient and associated with considerable harms, an international team of researchers found.
Osteoporosis link to sudden hearing loss
People with osteoporosis may be almost twice as likely to develop sudden hearing loss.
Older male smokers at risk of osteoporosis
In a large study of middle-aged to elderly smokers, men were more likely than women to have osteoporosis and fractures of their vertebrae.
Shorter hip fracture hospitalisation ups mortality
Older patients are more likely to die following a short hospital stay for a hip fracture, a large Swedish study has found. Patients who stayed in hospital for up to 5 days had twice the risk of death compared with patients staying 15 days or more.
No lasting surgical benefit for spinal stenosis
While earlier reports suggested an advantage to surgery for patients with spinal stenosis, a recent study finds no significant difference in pain, functioning, of disability at eight years' follow-up between surgery and conservative treatment.
Active youngsters have stronger bones
Young people who are more active growing up tend to end up with stronger bones, although many older teenagers don’t get enough exercise to...