Osteoporosis
Aug 03, 2020
The Nottingham Hip Fracture Score (NHFS) has been developed for predicting 30-day and 1-year mortality after hip fracture. In an effort to test whether NHFS can also predict other adverse events. D...
Aug 02, 2020
A second bone mineral density (BMD) assessment about three years after initial measurement does not improve discrimination beyond baseline BMD value alone for women who do and do not experience subseq...
Jun 02, 2020
Patients with atopic eczema have an increased risk for fracture, especially major osteoporotic fractures, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Ka...
Jun 02, 2020
Approaches to osteoporosis management differ between and within countries. In the UK, for example, approaches differ between those organizations that place the primary emphasis on cost-effectiveness (...
May 30, 2020
Reports of Medicare data suggest that osteoporotic fracture incidence in the United States—which had been declining—is not only no longer declining, but may be on the rise, explains Setareh Aria W...
May 10, 2020
Prior research indicates that fractures, as the most clinically relevant endpoint of osteoporosis, are associated with excess disability and mortality. Although the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX...
Apr 28, 2020
To compare frequency of joint and tendon disease on ultrasound (US) and clinical examination (CE), and to investigate agreement between US and CE in ankles with clinically active juvenile idiopathic a...
Apr 28, 2020
To determine if patient global assessment (PGA), as part of Boolean-based definition of remission and individually considered, over the first year of disease course had a significant relationship with...
Apr 28, 2020
CC chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6) is important for the trafficking of IL-17A-producing γδ T cells and required for the development of psoriasiform dermatitis (PsD) in an IL-23 intradermal injection mod...
Apr 24, 2020
Jiao Mei Gu (JMG) is a type of Dong plant widely growing in Dong autonomous counties, Hunan province, China. As a type of traditional herbal medicine, JMG has been used to treat inflammatory-related d...
Apr 24, 2020
Sinomenii Caulis (SC) is a well-konwn traditional Chinese medicine used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), dermatophytosis and paralysis. Patients with RA are usually secondary to osteoporosi...
Apr 24, 2020
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is the enzyme that oxidizes the acetaldehyde produced by alcohol metabolism. This variant not only affects the response to alcohol but is also associated with several ...
Apr 24, 2020
In Taiwan (my country), the proportion of people 65 years or older is over 14% in 2018, which is known as entering "aged society". More and more thoracolumbar burst fractures in the setting of osteopo...
Apr 24, 2020
Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) technique is used to determine various biophysical parameters, such as refractive index, cell thickness, morphology, etc. On the other hand, fluorescence microscopy is...
Apr 12, 2020
Osteoporosis and its related fractures are major public health concerns. Physical activity (PA) is crucial for bone density preservation and fractures prevention. Yet, gaps in understanding exist rega...
Apr 12, 2020
To evaluate upadacitinib efficacy and safety dose response in Japanese patients with active RA and an inadequate response to conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs).This was a multicentre, phase IIb/...
Apr 12, 2020
Our objective was to characterize Canadian workforce attributes of extended role practitioners (ERPs) in arthritis care.We used an exploratory, mixed-methods study that was based on the Canadian Rheum...
Apr 12, 2020
Sodium alendronate is a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate, widely used for osteoporosis treatment. However, due to its several oral administration drawbacks, the transdermal route represents an inter...
Apr 08, 2020
Data indicate that the declining trend of hip fracture among Americans plateaued in 2012 before increasing through present day. “Since hip fractures are the most common result of osteoporosis, this ...
Apr 03, 2020
Fructus Psoraleae (FP), one of the significant traditional Chinese medicines, has been reported to cause hepatotoxicity. However, the mechanism remains undetermined and the reported research is limite...