Highlights: Bone mineral density reduces with age, leading to osteoporosis. Certain dairy products and vitamin D supplements can protect against bone loss in older adults, finds ...
Highlights Older adults are more likely to be physically inactive, which might make them more vulnerable to chronic pain. Physical activity in such individuals conditions the pain...
Highlights Current care for autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) focuses on use of drugs that reduce the swelling and inflammation and not curing the condition. Cu...
Highlights Evidence-based guidelines to manage acute, sub-acute and chronic back pain have been issued by the American College of Physicians (ACP). It recommends that physicians a...
Highlights Stem cell technique involving the use of carbon material found to provide new treatment options for patients with fractures. Red-light absorbing carbon nitride (C3N4) she...
Highlights: Back pain is commonly treated with Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) The effectiveness of NSAIDs in spinal pain has not been established The safety ...
Highlights More than a third of adults say that low back pain affects their ability to perform the tasks of daily living. Yoga typically involves a combination of physical move...
Highlights Though regular exercise is recommended for people with osteoarthritis (OA), lack of muscle strength and pain prevents older people with OA from engaging in it. Chair yo...
Highlights Antidepressants are used to manage chronic pain and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia apart from depression. The risk of hip fractures among elderly wit...
Highlights Gelatin is an important source of protein. Gelatin supplement boosted collagen synthesis. Collagen is the key protein present in the connective tissues of animals....
Highlights People with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely than others to suffer from gum disease. Tooth loss is a marker for gum disease which may predict rheumatoid arthritis...
Highlights Meniscal tear is the most common knee injury that occurs in anyone especially athletes. Most patients opt for removal of the entire meniscus which leads to health probl...
Highlights The Cell bandage was developed to enable the meniscal tear to repair itself by encouraging cell growth in the affected tissue. Meniscus tear occurs in the rubbery kne...
Highlights Current methods to detect prosthetic infection require patients to undergo burdensome imaging procedures such as MRI, CAT scan or X-rays. Simple imaging technique to det...
Highlights Use of benzodiazepines increased the risk of hip fractures among people suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. The rate of long-term hospital stay following hip fracture w...
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