Could SSRIs be linked with brittle bones? Sanjay Tanday investigates...., the findings suggest people using SSRIs may need osteoporosis screening. What do other experts say? North ... of osteoporosis in the elderly, according to US media reports. Researchers found that people who used SSRIs such as Prozac (fluoxetine) or Seroxat (paroxetine) developed thinner bones than those who did not take them ...
Blood cell disorders may originate in the bone marrow, US research has suggested....For the study, the researchers identified genetic alterations in the bone marrow of mice ... in human patients with myeloproliferative syndromes because their diseases are also based in the bone marrow (Cell Online 2007). Pictured is a coloured scanning electron micrograph of cancellous bone tissue ...
A UK study of 74 patients with undifferentiated hand arthritis showed that hand bone loss over 12 months was five to eight times greater in patients who were diagnosed with RA, than in those with other inflammatory joint disorders (Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 736-40). Pictured is an X-ray of arthritis affecting ...
Ordinary dental X-rays could be a low-cost alternative to conventional bone scans for identifying...fractures and other complications of osteoporosis. ... They found that bone mineral density (BMD) measurements calculated from digital dental X-rays were as accurate as those made using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. This means that osteoporosis screening ...
A new recessive form of the bone disorder osteogenesis imperfecta has been identified by US researchers. They sequenced the gene encoding an enzyme called P3H1 in five individuals with severe or lethal abnormal bone development. They found that mutations that either significantly reduced or eliminated ...
Depression in premenopausal women is as big a risk factor for osteoporosis as smoking, US research.... The two groups were similar for all other osteoporosis risk factors. Over the course of the two year study ... This study rules out the use of SSRIs as a cause of osteoporosis, but suggests that an imbalance in the immune or inflammatory systems in women with depression may be to blame. For the study, rate of bone ...
GPs should be alert to signs of osteoporosis in middle-aged patients with diabetes because...factor, being associated with a 2.4 times increased risk of fragility fracture. Other risk factors ... . The study was presented at the International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress on Osteoporosis held in Canada last week. Other research presented at the conference found that weight loss could increase ...
A dramatic increase in the bone mass of mice after changes to the protein NFATc1 has led to hopes...The study was prompted after observing a fall in bone mass in patients taking the immunosuppressant ... Cell, 2006 10: 777 82). Pictured is a scanning electron micrograph of a fractured finger bone affected by osteoporosis. ...
GPs should overlook NICE and follow guidance issued by the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group.... NICE also rules out using the FRAX tool, recommended in the National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG ... factors in FRAX were appropriate. Dr Alun Cooper, chairman of the National Osteoporosis Society ... the use of FRAX, osteoporosis risk in men and steroid use in its appraisals. 'GPs should go ...
Phosphoric acid in cola may lead to brittle bones in women, according to the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. US researchers asked 1,413 women and 1,125 men with an average age of just below 60 to fill in diet questionnaires. This data were analysed with regular bone mineral density (BMD) measurements taken ...
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