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Hypernatremia in the elderly

SERAPHIN study

SERAPHIN - STUDY WITH ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TO IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOME. SERAPHIN (Study with an Endothelin Rece...

Prostate Cancer Pub Med

Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate ca...

BioMimics 3D™ Stent

Veryan has developed three dimensional (3D) stent technology based upon a helical shape that may be applied to a self-expanding stent platform. The initial objective was to investigate the presen...

Fosamax Lawsuits Update: Rottenstein Law Group Responds to Femur Fracture Verdict in Merck’s Favor

Trenton, N.J. (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 A New Jersey jury ruled in favor of pharmaceutical company Merck in a Fosamax femur fracture trial in Trenton on April 29.* The Rottenstein Law Group, which rep...

Merck Wins Fosamax Trial Involving Atypical Femur Fracture Claims

WHITEHOUSE STATION (dpa-AFX) - Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) said Monday a jury ruled in its favor in a trial involving a plaintiff, who complained she suffered an atypical femur fracture following the u...

Bisphosphonate Use Increases Atypical Femur Fracture Risk

Bisphosphonate use is associated with an increased risk of developing atypical femur fractures, but the incidence is still low. Medscape Medical News

Merck & Co wins Fosamax federal bellwether trial over atypical femur fracture claims

A US has jury found in favor of pharma giant Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) in the Glynn versus Merck case in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. In the case, the plaintiff claimed she used...

Low BMI a stronger risk factor for hip fracture among elderly men

Speaking at the IOF Regionals Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health, announced a study which links carotenoids t...

US Drug Watchdog Calls Its 'Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax & Women Who Have Had A Unexplainable Femur Fracture' One Of Its Most Important Initiatives Ever

The US Drug Watchdog says, "The osteoporosis drug called Fosamax, and out of the blue femur breaks is one of the most complicated issues we have ever encountered. For one, we are hearing from wom...

US Drug Watchdog Now Offers To Help Women Who Used TheOsteoporosis Drug Called Fosamax And Then Had A Unexplainable Femur Fracture Get To The Best Attorneys Or Law Firms

The US Drug Watchdog says, "It sounds counterintuitive, that a drug supposedly devised to fight osteoporosis could also be associated with women, who suffered an out of the blue broken femur bone...

Hip Fracture Risk In Lean Men Reduced By Cartenoids

Speaking at the IOF Regionals Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health, announced a study which links carotenoids t...

Dopaminergic drugs and the risk of hip or femur fracture: a population-based case-control study.

The effect of dopaminergic medication on the risk of hip/femur fractures is not clear. Our results showed a nearly twofold increased risk of hip/femur fractures in current dopaminergic drug users. Con...

Mortality After Distal Femur Fractures in Elderly Patients.

BACKGROUND: Hip fractures in the elderly are associated with high 1-year mortality rates, but whether patients with other lower extremity fractures are exposed to a similar mortality risk is not clear...

Evaluation and treatment of osetoporotic distal radius fracture in the elderly patient.

Distal radius fractures are an increasingly prevalent upper extremity injury, especially among elderly patients. While treatment guidelines for the acute bony injury have been well documented, treatme...

Ipsilateral fractures of the femoral neck, shaft and distal end: long-term outcome of five cases.

Out of 52 cases of ipsilateral femoral fractures treated at a level I trauma centre between June 1994 and March 2008, the diaphyseal fracture was accompanied by a intracapsular neck fracture in only 2...

Trochanteric femoral fractures : Anatomy, biomechanics and choice of implants.

The objective of any surgical care of a trochanteric femoral fracture should be the achievement of a stable osteosynthesis that allows early full weight-bearing mobilisation of the patient, because lo...