A study in France has found that pamidronate (a bone antiresorptive agent) provides rapid and sustained pain relief in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), although ...

Our vertebral fractures research programme is led by Prof Emma Clark. The main aim is to improve the identification and management of older people with osteoporotic vertebral fractures. A major ...

Are you searching for medications to treat 'Spinal Fracture'? Welcome to this page which serves as an archive for medications that are relevant to the treatment of Spinal Fracture. The page ...

Indicators of a response to radiation therapy include pain relief and a return to baseline function or improved function. Patients may experience some relief of symptoms within a few days after ...

As people age, their spinal discs and facet joints wear out, leading to conditions like herniated discs, spinal misalignment, ...

To summarize, we searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for English-language articles through February 2009, using text words and controlled vocabulary terms including: vertebral, vertebro-basilar ...

Spinal Imaging Market. The global spinal imaging market is on the cusp of exponential growth, projected to surge from USD 2.2 ...

Objective: To determine the cost effectiveness of a magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) within 5 days of injury compared with the usual management of occult scaphoid fracture. Methods: All patients ...

Growing older, medical problems, and computer use can cause us to hunch over. These strategies can help. By Michele Stanten ...

Sometimes, there can be a shared cause of the two symptoms. Neck pain can be caused by muscle strain, muscle tightness, inflammation, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression. Nerve or spine ...

Newton was hospitalised after suffering a serious injury in the club's victory over Halifax Panthers at the weekend, and it has now been confirmed that he has fractured vertebrae in his neck. The ...