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What Screenings Are Recommended for Older Adults
As we age, our bodies change and need different tests and screenings than they did when we were younger. Some screenings and tests are done during your annual check-up, whereas...
6 days ago - Active Beat
Seated Strength Training Workout for Seniors
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass as a result of the natural aging process. The loss of muscle leads to loss of independence, balance, gait changes, and overall strength...
6 days ago - Active Beat
Medicine Ball Workouts for Seniors
Muscle mass can naturally decline as we get older which can lead to loss of overall strength, balance, and ultimately independence. This is why strength training is so...
15 days ago - Active Beat - 3 articles
Abaloparatide improves bone strength among women with osteoporosis
Women with osteoporosis receiving abaloparatide for 18 months followed by alendronate for 2 years had greater improvements in trabecular bone score than those receiving...
17 days ago - Healio
ACP recommends bisphosphonates for men, postmenopausal women with primary osteoporosis
In an update to its guidance on primary osteoporosis, ACP recommended bisphosphonates as a first line of defense to reduce fracture risk in men and postmenopausal women. The...
30 days ago - Healio
New Osteoporosis Guideline Says Start With a Bisphosphonate
Although the update to the 2017 ACP guideline on drug treatment for osteoporosis now advises bisphosphonates as initial therapy, an editorialist admits the decision to use them...
30 days ago - Medscape - 2 articles
Bisphosphonates First for Osteoporosis; Youth T2D to Surge 700%; Insulin Cap Limits
Use bisphosphonates for the initial pharmacologic treatment of primary osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women, the American College of Physicians recommended in its...
30 days ago - MedPageToday - 2 articles
The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Outpatient Care Utilization - by Matthew D. Eisenberg, Brendan Rabideau, Abby E. Alpert, Rosemary J. Avery, Jeff Niederdeppe, Neeraj Sood
There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising on health care use. In this paper, we inform this debate by examining the effects of...
1 month ago - National Bureau of Economic Research
FDA Approves Abaloparatide for Osteoporosis in Men
The FDA has approved abaloparatide for increasing bone density in men with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture. FDA Approvals
1 month ago - Medscape
FDA approves abaloparatide for men with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture
The FDA has approved abaloparatide, a parathyroid hormone-related peptide analog, to increase bone mineral density among men with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture...
1 month ago - Healio
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