- Easing the pain of spinal fractures (November 2007)
Osteoporosis and the bone fractures it causes often mean unremitting pain and misery to those affected. Moira Wigglesworth explains how the condition has drastically affected her life, and we look at an Action Medical Research funded study into vertebroplasty — a revolutionary treatment for spinal fractures.
- Quality, not quantity (March 2006)
A ‘silent epidemic’ is spreading pain, causing disability and costing the health service millions of pounds a year. Its name? Osteoporosis, and with people living longer and exercising less, it is on the increase in the UK.
Rebuild bone density (CAN)
- Potential new treatment for osteoarthrirtis (March 2005)
Over eight million people suffer from osteoarthritis in the UK and the numbers
affected increase with age.This degenerative disease can cause severe pain and restricted movement in the joints and there is no satisfactory treatment. Pain relief, and for severe cases, joint replacement, are the only answers. It costs the country millions of pounds every year in NHS expenses and employers also lose thousands of working days to the condition.
- New osteoporosis study underway (December 2004)
A new project will investigate the impact of vertebroplasty on the function of the spine
- Osteoporosis: why prevention is the best cure (December 2003)
An Action Medical Research project in Manchester has been looking at the effects of calcium and exercise on bone density in children and how the skeleton develops.
