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Risk Factors for Fractures
Risks factors for Fractures: medical news summaries:
The following medical news items are relevant to risk factors for Fractures:
- Breast cancer drug Femara superior to Tamoxifen
- How much is really known about the safety of statins
- Improved treatment for osteoporosis
- Men and osteoporosis
- New Dietary Guidelines support numerous research results
- Osteoporosis rates expected to increase with reduced useage of HRT
- Osteoporosis, a burdening disease
- Testicle removal to treat prostate cancer may increase osteoporosis risk
- Top sportsman returns to professional sport after kidney transplant
- Undiagnosed broken hip caused death
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About risk factors:
Risk factors for Fractures are factors that do not seem to be a direct cause of the disease, but seem to be associated in some way. Having a risk factor for Fractures makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Fractures. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Fractures. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center.
The greatest fear among women living with osteoporosis is bone fracture. Hip or spinal fractures can be devastating to the lives of otherwise healthy...
When breast cancer spreads it often ends up in bone. This can cause severe pain, weaken the bones and result in fractures. Learn how these bone...
No one doubts that the skeleton is an essential part of the human body. But how many people understand how bone works, or how osteoporosis puts your...
The connection between osteoporosis and low levels of calcium in the body is fairly well known by doctors and patients alike. But there are a number...» Next page: Symptoms of Fractures
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