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The latest on hip resurfacing: age and gender influence the success of this technique.(BONES & JOINTS)
July 1, 2009... Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the biggest success stories of modern medicine, with about 300,000 Americans undergoing the procedure annually. But a newer technique, called hip resurfacing, looks like the fastest-growing innovation in joint replacement in the near future. The...

Resurfacing not for everyone.(THE VIEW FROM DUKE)(hip replacement)(Brief article)
July 1, 2009... "The problem is not so much that hip resurfacing is a bad procedure--it is that total hip replacement (THR) is so good. In my mind, hip resurfacing has only one clear advantage over THR, and that is that it preserves the bone in the top part of the femur that is removed in THR. This generally...

Osteoporosis drug may jumpstart fracture healing.(BONES & JOINTS NEWSBRIEFS)
July 1, 2009... Aging bones heal more slowly after fractures than those of younger people, but preliminary results from new research suggest an existing drug, teriparatide (Forteo), currently used to treat osteoporosis, may speed up the healing process. Researchers say the drug boosts the body's bone stem...

Osteoplasty can relieve the pain of metastatic bone disease.(BONES & JOINTS NEWSBRIEFS)
July 1, 2009... Many cancers--including those of the breast, bladder, kidney and lung--impact on bone health when cancer metastasizes to the bones (bones are the third most common location to which cancer cells spread). The resulting tumors eat away at the bones, creating holes that make them thin and weak....

Declining vitamin D levels could risk bone health.(BONES & JOINTS NEWSBRIEFS)
July 1, 2009... A study published in Archives of Internal Medicine, March 23, 2009 reveals a dramatic decrease in vitamin D levels among Americans. The study, which analyzed data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), looked at vitamin D levels in 18,883 people between 1988...