The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne is recruiting participants in a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of treating back pain with antibiotics. The trial, which will be run by Monash University’s Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, has high hopes of replicating promising results from a previous trial run in Denmark back in 2013.
It will soon be possible for anyone over 60 to predict their individual risk of bone fracture with the aid of a simple web-based tool, developed by the Sydney-based Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
The tool will be accessible online from the end of March at www.fractureriskcalculator.com
Each person has a unique risk profile, a combination of five factors including sex, age, weight, …
Some biologic drugs may be safer than others according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers. Biologics are a broad class of drugs based on biological molecules.
The drugs are used to reduce inflammation in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Although the effectiveness of biologics is now well established, it is thought that some may have rar…
Combining partially differentiated stem cells with gene therapy can promote the growth of new ‘insulation’ around nerve fibers in the damaged spinal cords of rats, a new study shows. The treatment, which mimics the activity of two nerve growth factors, also improves the animals’ motor function and electrical conduction from the brain to the leg muscles. The finding may eventually lead to new wa…
Multiple research projects across the globe are linking back pain to certain types of bacteria, and finding promising results in the treatment of back pain with antibiotics. In a recent study conducted by a team of Danish and British scientists, researchers discovered a significant link between the same bacterium responsible for teenage acne and debilitating back pain.
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies.
Their research, published online in Annals of Neurology and led by Kimberly Byrnes, PhD, shows that inflammation following injury causes the neurotoxicity that leads to lasting nerve cell damage, and that an expe…
Knocks, scrapes and broken bones are all part of growing up. But what happens when it’s not an arm or a leg that is broken. It is the back. It is easy to panic about a broken back. But not all breaks are the same and nor should they be treated as such. Doctors and surgeons are no less immune to worry than the rest of us. If they see an injured child, it is only natural that they want to help.
Criteria Will Allow Researchers to Study Patients Earlier During the Course of RA – Leading to Better Patient Outcomes The American College of Rheumatology today announced the release of revised classification criteria (created in collaboration with the European League Against Rheumatism) for rheumatoid arthritis, which will allow the study of treatments for RA at much earlier stages of the dis…
At the September conference of ‘Frontiers in Medicine’ (sponsored by Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science), the presentations highlighted innovative materials and procedures designed to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans suffering from musculoskeletal diseases.
A New Era in Joint Replacement Materials
Dr. Clifford W. Colwell. Jr., director of the Scripps Clinic C…
New research reveals that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once-colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults over age 50. Results of the study will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
“With CT colonography, in addition …
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