Depending on your health, you may be at a higher risk for minor bone fractures. In this edition of ‘Health in Focus’, we talk with from about spinal compression fractures, and who is at risk for this ...

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that is extremely painful and sometimes insidious—the compression fracture of the spine. Patients suffering from osteoporosis, osteopenia and any ...

THURSDAY, May 10, 2018 -- In a new study, a widely used form of spinal surgery was no more effective than placebo in treating spinal fracture pain for people with osteoporosis. Researchers and experts ...

Prognostic Significance of MTOR Pathway Component Expression in Neuroendocrine Tumors The median follow-up was 11.5 months (range, 0.03 to 113 months). The median and mean overall survival rates were ...

Among older people, vertebral compression fractures are very common, and those with such fractures are at high risk of incurring new ones. Findings in a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg ...

In an animal study published Oct. 1, 2021, in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have provided evidence that treating spinal ...

How do I Treat a Spinal Fracture? Spinal fractures can vary widely in severity. While some fractures are very serious injuries that require emergency treatment, other fractures can be the result of ...

(WABI) - Osteoporosis affects so many Maine women. It’s referred to as a silent disease because often, there are no symptoms until a bone breaks. For Karen Lake, it was a fracture in her spine. Joy ...

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