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...experimental drug has successfully reduced hip and spine fractures in the two largest patient populations at risk for osteoporosis - postmenopausal women and men being treated for prostate cancer - according to two major studies published online on Aug. 11 by the New England Journal of Medicine. The new compound, denosumab, is being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. If approved, it has the potential to become a standard treatment for certain patients...
...complications from infection or blood clots. While current drug treatments for osteoporosis slow down the destruction of existing bone, the new data suggest that denosumab may be more effective in promoting bone density. In addition, the studies show that denosumab did not cause the serious side effects - including cancer and the disintegration of bone in the jaw - that are associated with bisphosphonate drugs like Boniva, Fosamax and Reclast, the most commonly prescribed osteoporosis drugs on the market. (See TIME's special report "America...
...going to. As you think back on that, Was that the right decision? Is this the kind of thing that a reformed system, as you see it, would change the dynamic of that decision? You know, first of all, unlike my mother, who had a difficult time with her cancer in part because her insurance was a little bit unreliable and she had just taken a new job, my grandmother had been signed up under Kaiser Permanente for years. And it's actually one of the models of high-quality, cost-efficient care that's out there right now, partly...
...eyes, I'm not sad. It's chemotherapy, and I've made the Kleenex industry wealthy.' ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania Senator, proclaiming himself "fit as a fiddle" and "ready for re-election" despite lingering side effects from cancer treatment last year...
...exercise, particularly for older adults who could injure themselves. Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, which is sound advice for many reasons: People who regularly exercise are at significantly lower risk for all manner of diseases - those of the heart in particular. They less often develop cancer, diabetes and many other illnesses. But the past few years of obesity research show that the role of exercise in weight loss has been wildly overstated. (Read "Losing Weight: Can Exercise Trump Genes...