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...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...
...patients receiving testosterone-depleting therapy - which can retard the growth of tumors but increases the risk of brittle bones and osteoporosis - half were given denosumab injections every six months for 36 months, and the other half were given a placebo. Over the course of the three-year study, the treatment group had a 62% lower risk of spinal fracture than the placebo group (1.5% of treated patients suffered a fracture vs. 3.9% of the placebo group) and a 5.6% increase in bone-mineral density in the spine. Patients receiving a placebo saw a 1% decline in bone density over...
...Khosla notes that neither the bisphosphonates nor denosumab actually causes the creation of new bone, which would be the ultimate goal of any osteoporosis treatment. The increases in bone-mineral density seen in the Journal studies is primarily due to minerals filling in the gaps left in the wake of bone destruction, he says. "In my mind, the dramatic changes will be seen with the anabolic agents," he says. "They hold the potential for completely curing the disease, reversing bone loss so you effectively are not osteoporotic any more...
...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...
...normal weight on medical services, according to research data. Medicare doles out $600 more for obese beneficiaries; Medicaid pays $230 more for their prescription drugs. Annual costs associated with obesity are now estimated at $147 billion and are growing nearly 9% per year. The report attributes the spike to treatment for obesity-related ailments such as diabetes and heart disease. And while it concludes that preventive measures can go a long way toward reducing weight--and medical costs--it stops short of offering specific fixes. Skipping that second doughnut would be a good start...