Osteoporosis Drug Shown to Cut Fractures
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An experimental treatment for bone-thinning osteoporosis appears to prevent spine and hip fractures even though it is given only once a year, eliminating the need for a strict daily pill regimen, preliminary data show.
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Drug company Pfizer is assuring patients there will be plenty of information about the possible side effects of a contraceptive. The injectable drug Depo-Provera has the potential to decrease women&#39;s bone mineral density, which may lead to osteoporosis.
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Patients treated with widely used osteoporosis drugs may develop severe and sometimes disabling pain in muscles, joints and bones, U.S. officials said on Monday in an alert highlighting the previously known risk.
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10/18/2004 - Americans were warned last week that unless they up their consumption of calcium and vitamin D, the number of people suffering from osteoporosis and low bone mass is likely to jump, and advised that supplements could be the answer.
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The first head-to-head study of three common painkillers has found that ibuprofen works best, at least for children with broken bones, bruises and sprains.
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Amgen Inc. said Sunday results of a small trial showed its experimental osteoporosis drug increased bone density in post-menopausal women, potentially reducing the risk of fractures associated with the bone-thinning disease.
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on   Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta   medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone   fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with Zometa  (zoledronic acid), a drug used to reduce high calcium levels,  can block the development of cervical cancer in mice, according  to a report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Eli Lilly & Co  said on Friday that it had won approval to market its blockbuster osteoporosis drug to post-menopausal women who are at high risk for invasive breast cancer.
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A group of drugs called aromatase inhibitors should be used after surgery to treat postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, new guidelines recommend.
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Patients treated with widely used osteoporosis drugs may develop severe and sometimes disabling muscle, joint and bone pain, U.S. officials said on Monday in an alert highlighting the previously known risk.
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Hormone-suppressing drugs increasingly used to treat prostate cancer make men so prone to broken bones that the risks of the treatment may outweigh the benefits in those whose cancer was caught early, researchers say.
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Very active young women who took higher-than-recommended doses of calcium and vitamin D supplements for eight weeks had fewer stress fractures than women who were given dummy pills, a study of Naval recruits showed.
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New studies show prolonged use of Depo-Povera is linked to decreased bone density, which makes women more susceptible to osteoporosis.
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In what may be good news for cervical cancer patients, a new study suggests a bone cancer drug seems to shrink the size of these tumors in mice.
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NEW YORK  - A drug used to restore the  strength of brittle bones by reducing the process of bone  resorption has been shown to benefit women 80 years of age or  older.
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Older people who take calcium supplements alone or in combination with vitamin D reduce their risk of bone fractures by 12 percent, according to findings researchers said offer important insights into osteoporosis.