Osteoporosis

By Dane D. Henry Nowadays, nobody can escape from stress. It is acknowledged that the day to day living under some kind of stress takes a toll on human body and mind, and that is the most common cause of ailments. One of the most common problems continues to be pain in the spinal area. A trained chiropractor is often helpful in providing a treatment for many of the awkward illnesses Of course it's essential to look for a good practitioner. Chiropractic treatment calls for an understanding of human body and the and the reasons that cause it to pain. Simply put, it means ... Read Full Story

Back pain starts when you try to exert more effort on your physical activity and worse comes to worst, when you don’t try to adapt the simple rules of living a healthy lifestyle, the incorrect posture that can bring about chronic back pain. There are times when a person gets so excited to exercise because he wanted to be fit and healthy and then, because of that, there will be instances he could hurt his back. Now, when it comes to hurting backs, the best remedy is chiropractic therapy and nothing more. In Canada, people usually go to a Mississauga chiropractor to help them ... Read Full Story

Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The… Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors heard sharply different closing arguments on Wednesday in a trial over whether or not Merck & Co's Fosamax drug treatment for osteoporosis caused a Florida woman's jaw damage. The trial in New York is Merck's first out of some 1,280 plaintiff groups involving almost 900 cases over U.S. lawsuits by patients who claim Fosamax caused the condition known as osteonecrosis of the jaw, or ONJ. "It is a theory ... it is a theory without scientific basis," Paul Strain, an attorney for Merck, told the eight jurors in Manhattan federal court before they started deliberating on Wednesday in the ... Read Full Story

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hip fracture rates have declined among the elderly for a variety of reasons, but the disabling injury is still a major health threat as populations age, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday. A steady year-over-year decline in fracture rates since 1985 predates widespread use of drugs used to treat osteoporosis and preserve bone density, the researchers said, even though drugs that first entered the market in the mid-1990s likely played a role. "I don't honestly think there's just one factor that accounts for all of this," said Dr. William Leslie of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, who led the study published ... Read Full Story