Treatment with intravenous bisphosphonates - drugs used to reduce harm done to bones by cancer or cancer therapy - increases the risk of jaw or facial bone disease or infection, a large-scale comparative study by researchers at the University of Texas Medical department at Galveston (UTMB) has found....

A patient’s emotional state plays a meaningful role in his or her recovery from hip surgery, suggests Saint Louis University research published that month.Orthopaedic surgeons typically use two tests to determine whether a patient has recovered from hip surgery: one is a clinical degree of hip...

A rare study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link within depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables.In research published in the July edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the York team led by...

Health Canada is warning that it has found 21 Chinese toothpastes which contain illegal levels of DEG (diethylene glycol) - it has warned Canadians not to use these toothpastes that have been found on the Canadian market. DEG is used in antifreeze; it is toxic and is used as a solvent. whether DEG...

Rickets, which can be easily prevented, could be affecting 2.9 out of every 100,000 children in Canada, say researchers. Rickets weakens the leg bones and can severely stunt a child’s growth. You can read approximately that study in the Canadian Medical organization Journal.Canadian researchers...

The coveted 2007 Essilor Award for Outstanding worldly Contributions to Optometry has been given to Hasan Minto, Refractive Error and Low Vision Advisor for Sightsavers worldly in Pakistan. that prestigious award, given by the American Academy of Optometry, is in recognition of Hasan’s many...

The General Optical Council recently gave its formal support to transferring responsibility for hearings to a new Independent Adjudication Body at the earliest opportunity. The new body will be set up as a aftermath of recommendations in the Government’s White Paper on professional regulation,...

Over 99 per cent of dentists in the first completed cycle have met the GDC’s continuing professional development (CPD) requirements. By law, dentists must total 250 hours of CPD every five years, 75 of which must be verifiable. GDC Chief Executive and Registrar Duncan Rudkin said “We are...

Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face different treatment options and determining which ones to try can be confusing. Two new studies published in the July 2007 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism (http://www.interscience.wiley. [click link for full article] Original post...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say that practicing even small doses of daily meditation may improve focus and performance.Meditation, according to Penn neuroscientist Amishi Jha and Michael Baime, director of Penn’s Stress Management Program, is an active and effortful process that...

A 60-year-old who is overweight/obese has increasingly than twice the chance of developing dementia by the date he/she is 75 compared to a 60-year-old of normal weight. As rates of obesity in the United Kingdom rise alarmingly, it is possible the country may have 2.5 million public suffering from dementia...