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What Is Heel Pain? What Causes Heel Pain?

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Heel pain is a very common foot problem. The sufferer usually feels pain either under the heel (planter fasciitis) or just behind it (Achilles tendinitis), where the Achilles tendon connects to the heel bone. Even though heel pain can be severe and sometimes disabling, it is rarely a health threat.. ...

read more Heel pain is a very common foot problem. The sufferer usually feels pain either under the heel (planter fasciitis) or just behind it (Achilles tendinitis), where the Achilles tendon connects to the heel bone. Even though heel pain can be severe and sometimes disabling, it is rarely a health threat.. read more Sat Mar 2010

FDA Classifies Prolia(TM) (Denosumab) Complete Response Submission And Targets Action Date

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated the content of the Company's Complete Response submission for Prolia(TM) (denosumab) in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis and classified it as a Class 2 resubmission... ...

read more Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated the content of the Company's Complete Response submission for Prolia(TM) (denosumab) in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis and classified it as a Class 2 resubmission... read more Fri Mar 2010

Osteoporosis Research: Record Number Of Abstracts Received For The IOF WCO-ECCEO10

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
More than 850 abstracts have been received - guaranteeing broad global attendance at the year's most noteworthy platform for osteoporosis research. Don't miss the most important osteoporosis meeting of 2010, to be held in the center of Florence, Italy from May 5 to 8, 2010. Take advantage of lower r ...

read more More than 850 abstracts have been received - guaranteeing broad global attendance at the year's most noteworthy platform for osteoporosis research. Don't miss the most important osteoporosis meeting of 2010, to be held in the center of Florence, Italy from May 5 to 8, 2010. Take advantage of lower r read more Fri Mar 2010

When To Perform Bone Scan In Patients With Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer: Validation Of Available Guidelines, Risk Stratification Tool Proposal

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
UroToday.com - Prostate cancer (CaP) patients often undergo a routine bone scan as part of their metastatic evaluation at the time of diagnosis. Most consensus recommendations suggest obtaining bone scans only in patients with risk characteristics suggesting reasonable utility for this test. Howe ...

read more UroToday.com - Prostate cancer (CaP) patients often undergo a routine bone scan as part of their metastatic evaluation at the time of diagnosis. Most consensus recommendations suggest obtaining bone scans only in patients with risk characteristics suggesting reasonable utility for this test. Howe read more Fri Mar 2010

Small Bone Innovations, Inc. Receives US FDA 510(k) Clearance For Mini-Rail Fixation System And Large Cannulated Screw System

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi), a leading, privately-held orthopedics company focused exclusively on technologies and treatments for the small bones & joints, announced that it has received 510(k) pre-market clearance notifications from the U.S... ...

read more Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi), a leading, privately-held orthopedics company focused exclusively on technologies and treatments for the small bones & joints, announced that it has received 510(k) pre-market clearance notifications from the U.S... read more Fri Mar 2010

Lasofoxifene Helps Reduce Risk Of Bone Fractures, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease And Stroke

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Low doses of the medication lasofoxifene can reduce the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, ER-positive breast cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. That's the finding of a new study in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. ...

$read more Low doses of the medication lasofoxifene can reduce the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, ER-positive breast cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. That's the finding of a new study in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.$ read more Fri Mar 2010

A Winning Strategy: Don't Play Through Pain

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Sometimes athletes can be their own worst enemy especially when they continue to play following an injury to a foot or ankle. Surgeons presenting at the Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) are discussing athletic injuries and the importance of prop ...

read more Sometimes athletes can be their own worst enemy especially when they continue to play following an injury to a foot or ankle. Surgeons presenting at the Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) are discussing athletic injuries and the importance of prop read more Fri Mar 2010

Controversial Studies Trigger Drop Off In Osteoporosis Treatment

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Dr. Angelo Malamis says that 90 percent of his patients who have undergone a treatment called balloon kyphoplasty for vertebral fractures report significant reductions in pain and disability. But the number of kyphoplasty referrals Malamis has received from primary care doctors has dropped sharply ...

$read more Dr. Angelo Malamis says that 90 percent of his patients who have undergone a treatment called balloon kyphoplasty for vertebral fractures report significant reductions in pain and disability. But the number of kyphoplasty referrals Malamis has received from primary care doctors has dropped sharply$ read more Fri Mar 2010

New Program Helps Prevent Fragility Fractures

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
As many as half of all women and a quarter of men over the age of 50 can expect to sustain a fractured bone related to osteoporosis or low bone density. To enhance prevention and treatment of these fragility fractures, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has implemented ...

$read more As many as half of all women and a quarter of men over the age of 50 can expect to sustain a fractured bone related to osteoporosis or low bone density. To enhance prevention and treatment of these fragility fractures, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has implemented$ read more Fri Mar 2010

Heel Pain Continues To Plague Adults

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
If you are suffering from heel pain, you're not alone. According to foot and ankle surgeons attending the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in Las Vegas this week, heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care. Surgeons advise ...

read more If you are suffering from heel pain, you're not alone. According to foot and ankle surgeons attending the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in Las Vegas this week, heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care. Surgeons advise read more Fri Mar 2010

Management Of Metastatic Bone Pain With Repeated Doses Of 186Re-HEDP In Patients Under Therapy With Zoledronic Acid: Safe And Additively Effective

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
UroToday.com - Treatment with 186 Rhenium-l,l-hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (186Re-HEDP) has long been proven safe for palliation of bone pain in patients with widespread osseous metastases. On the basis that, systematic studies evaluating the effect of 186Re-HEDP combined with biphosphonates, es ...

read more UroToday.com - Treatment with 186 Rhenium-l,l-hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (186Re-HEDP) has long been proven safe for palliation of bone pain in patients with widespread osseous metastases. On the basis that, systematic studies evaluating the effect of 186Re-HEDP combined with biphosphonates, es read more Fri Mar 2010

Different Fat Types Can Help Or Hinder Obese Girls' Bone Health

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), obese teenage girls with a greater ratio of visceral fat (fat around internal organs) to subcutaneous fat (fat found just beneath the skin) are likely to have lower bon ...

read more According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), obese teenage girls with a greater ratio of visceral fat (fat around internal organs) to subcutaneous fat (fat found just beneath the skin) are likely to have lower bon read more Fri Mar 2010

"Smart Hip" Monitors Real-time Performance Of Bone Implants

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
To monitor the real-time performance of bone implants is the challenge of "Smart Hip", an innovative medical device that aims to reduce the number of surgical interventions in the hip area and regenerate bone tissue by using non-evasive methods... ...

read more To monitor the real-time performance of bone implants is the challenge of read more Fri Mar 2010

Synexus Recruits 87% Of Patients For Major Osteoporosis Study

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Following the recent announcement from Manchester-based Synexus that they had randomised 2,700 patients in just ten months for an osteoporosis study, the company has once again demonstrated that it is possible to recruit the agreed number of patients within the study deadline by recruiting 87% of pa ...

read more Following the recent announcement from Manchester-based Synexus that they had randomised 2,700 patients in just ten months for an osteoporosis study, the company has once again demonstrated that it is possible to recruit the agreed number of patients within the study deadline by recruiting 87% of pa read more Fri Mar 2010

Common Osteoporosis Drugs Are Associated With A Decrease In Risk Of Breast Cancer

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Women who take some types of bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis may be at lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study by U.S. researchers published today in the British Journal of Cancer... ...

read more Women who take some types of bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis may be at lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study by U.S. researchers published today in the British Journal of Cancer... read more Fri Mar 2010

OrthoDynamix LLC Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For ArthroSteer(R) 3.5mm Ablator

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
OrthoDynamix announced that it has received FDA clearance for its new device, ArthroSteer 3.5mm Ablator, a mono polar electrosurgical device, for general surgical use, including the orthopedic and arthroscopic applications for resection, ablation, excision of soft tissue, hemostasis of blood vessels ...

read more OrthoDynamix announced that it has received FDA clearance for its new device, ArthroSteer 3.5mm Ablator, a mono polar electrosurgical device, for general surgical use, including the orthopedic and arthroscopic applications for resection, ablation, excision of soft tissue, hemostasis of blood vessels read more Fri Mar 2010

Young Men And Elderly Women At Biggest Risk For Shoulder Dislocations

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the body and consequently one of the most commonly dislocated joints. An article published in the March 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) reveals that the majority of all shoulder dislocations occur during sports activities and ...

read more The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the body and consequently one of the most commonly dislocated joints. An article published in the March 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) reveals that the majority of all shoulder dislocations occur during sports activities and read more Fri Mar 2010

Soccer Reduces Risk Of Falls And Bone Fractures

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
An extensive research project has studied the effects of soccer on muscle strength, postural balance, bone mineral density and reflex response to a sudden push in the back among adult women and men... ...

read more An extensive research project has studied the effects of soccer on muscle strength, postural balance, bone mineral density and reflex response to a sudden push in the back among adult women and men... read more Fri Mar 2010

Battling A Biceps Injury

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
People who suffer from injuries to the distal biceps tendon may benefit from earlier surgical intervention and new surgical techniques, according to a review article published in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS)... ...

read more People who suffer from injuries to the distal biceps tendon may benefit from earlier surgical intervention and new surgical techniques, according to a review article published in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS)... read more Fri Mar 2010

Exactech Platform Fracture Stem For Shoulder Surgeries Receives FDA Clearance

Categorie : Bones / Orthopaedics
Exactech, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, announced that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the company's Equinoxe® Platform ...

read more Exactech, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, announced that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the company's Equinoxe® Platform read more Fri Mar 2010

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