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Wireless Smart Device Allows Physicians to Personalize Treatment
Imagine having a wireless device that can be customized so as to provide relevant and real-time information regarding a patient’s recuperation after surgery without having to resort to x-rays, tests, and other potentially invasive procedures. Sounds like something from a science fiction movie?
Doctors Could Soon Print New Bones For Patients
The similarities between real bone and the “fake” bone that can now be produced with a 3D inkjet printer are astonishing. It looks like the real thing and it feels like the real thing. It’s also as strong as the real thing and has no reported adverse side effects.
Lack of Nutrients Could Be to Blame for Back Pain
Spanish experts have recently released a study in PLoS Computational Biology stating that a normal level of physical activity can help cell nutrition, but activities such as heavy lifting, twisting, and bending can damage the discs by reducing the flow of nutrients to the disc cells. This lack of nutrients can be what leads to degenerative disc disease.
Understanding Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which a person’s bone strength decreases due to a loss in density, thereby making it brittle and more susceptible to fractures. It’s the most common bone disease known.
Wrist, spine, hip and vertebrae bones are the ones that are more prone to this condition than the other bones in the body. Wrist fractures are more frequent in and around the age of 50, reaching their peak by 60. Hip fractures, on the other hand, show an ever-increasing risk for every five years past 70.
Indometacin (Indomethacin)
Indometacin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that reduces redness and pain. It is used to relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation of the spine, pain and stiffening of the joints, gout, muscular pain, hip pain, lower back pain, inflammation pain and swelling.
Do not take indomethacine if you:
Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory pain killer. It is used to relieve pain and redness in conditions such as osteoarthritis, arthritis, swollen joints, frozen shoulder, bursitis, tendinitis, lower back pain, sprains and strains. It can also be used in the treatment of other painful conditions such as toothache, pain after operations, period pain and headache.
Do not take ibuprofen if you:
Understanding Arthritis
Arthritis is a condition that causes inflammation and pain in the joints. People with arthritis also have swelling around the joints and warmth and redness of the skin over the joints. The condition causes stiffness and restricts movement of the joint.
Diclofenac
Diclofenac is one of a group of medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It helps in reducing pain and inflammation. Diclofenac is used to treat a number of painful conditions including joint or back pain, attacks of gout, pain caused by kidney stones or other injuries.
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Diclofenac is available in tablet and solution form.
Oral
Bursitis Adult: 75-150 mg daily in divided doses
New Device to Help Bones Heal Faster
Researchers have created an ultrasound device that helps bones heal faster and make them stronger. This analysis has been found during a trial which was done to investigate whether emitting low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (Lipus) could improve bone repair in patients.
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium is needed by the body for healthy bones, muscles, nervous system, and heart. Calcium carbonate is recommended as a supplementary source of calcium when normal requirements are high and in the correction of calcium deficiency in the diet.
It can also be used as an antacid to relieve heartburn, acid indigestion, and upset stomach.
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Calcium carbonate is available in oral forms.
Hyperacidity