Long-term use of osteoporosis drugs linked to INCREASED risk of fractures. Yet another study has appeared showing an increased risk of problems with bisphosphonate drugs for osteoporosis. Bisphosphonate drugs such as Fosamax and Boniva appear to show a slight reduction in fracture risk in osteoporotic patients in short-term use.
Have you ever wondered why so many people need braces, and if they are preventable? As you may know, my wife, Dr Marilyn Hatz DDS, is also my associate at our center, specializing in TMJ disorders. The link below deals with a related problem – why so many humans have crooked teeth where other primates don’t. This truly brilliant and fascinating article linked below gives the apparent reason, what can be done about it, and deals with diet – as do so many of our modern day health problems.
I was recently invited to be a speaker by the “National Youth Leadership Forum – Medicine” on the University of Chicago campus for their Orthopaedic section.
An interesting article in the May Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that those who took opioids (narcotics such as hydrocodone found in Norco and Vicodin) had less pain relief after surgery. This is yet one more reason to avoid these drugs, the use of which has greatly increased in recent years. Side effects such as respiratory depression, severe constipation, and even death have increased.
A prosthetic hand, which provides a sense of touch acute enough to handle an egg, has been completed and is now exploited by the NEBIAS project after 10 years of research. The world’s most advanced bionic hand was tested with the help of amputee Dennis Aabo Sørensen who was able to grasp objects intuitively and
