Bone diseases
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Bone markers - Lab Tests Online AU
How and why Bone Markers are used
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Rickets - Better Health Channel
Rickets is a preventable childhood bone disease caused by a lack of vitamin D.
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Paget's disease of bone - Better Health Channel
Paget's disease of bone is a chronic condition that causes abnormal enlargement and weakening of bone.
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Disease Information
This information from the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland is designed to help you, your family and friends understand and cope with the complex issues of Cancer and bone marrow diseases.
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Paget's disease of bone - myDr.com.au
Paget's disease of bone is characterised by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair.
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Perthes' disease - Better Health Channel
Most children with Perthes' disease eventually recover, but it can take anywhere from two to five years.
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Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide
The Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide aims to provide South Australian women, babies and children with the best possible health facilities.
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Bisphosphonates | Leukaemia Foundation
Myeloma bone disease is the most common symptom of myeloma. Bisphosphonates are drugs that are used to strengthen and protect the bones in various conditions.
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Bone density testing - Better Health Channel
Most procedures that measure bone density are quick and pain-free.
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is a hereditary disorder marked by slowly progressive muscle weakness in the feet, lower legs, hands and forearms, and a mild loss of sensation in limbs, fingers, and toes.
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Bone Pain
This pathway provides guidance for imaging patients with bone pain. There are links to other pathways for imaging patients with suspected bony metastases, myeloma, soft tissue masses, low back pain or joint pain in various joints.
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Bone Metastases
This pathway provides guidance for imaging cancer patients with suspected bony metastases.
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Bone mineral density: testing for osteoporosis | Issue 2 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
Diagnosing osteoporosis requires a careful search for fragility fractures and measuring bone mineral density.
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta Fragile Bones
Due to its rarity, this can often mean that many nurses and other health professionals may have limited awareness, understanding and experience when caring for individuals with this condition (The OI Society of Australia 2019; Palomo et al. 2015).
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta Fragile Bones
Due to its rarity, this can often mean that many nurses and other health professionals may have limited awareness, understanding and experience when caring for individuals with this condition (The OI Society of Australia 2019; Palomo et al. 2015).
Read more on Ausmed Education website
Osteoporosis - Australasian Menopause Society
Osteoporosis is a condition characterised by weakened bones that fracture easily. After menopause many women are at risk of developing osteoporosis.Peak bone mass is usually reached during a womans 20s to 30s when the skeleton has stopped growing and bones are at their strongest.The female sex hormone oestrogen plays an important role in maintaining bone strength. After menopause oestrogen levels drop and this may result in increased bone loss. The average woman loses up to 10 per cent of
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Secondary osteoporosis | Issue 3 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
Secondary osteoporosis
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The management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease | Issue 1 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
If there are no features of serious disease, suspected gastro-oesophageal reflux disease can be.
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What Do You Know About Kidney Health? | Ausmed
If you are like me, you may have specialised in a particular area of healthcare and had very little renal nursing experience. Perhaps you would like to know a little more about renal nursing, how to care for people with renal issues or how to care for your own kidneys?
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Herbal medicine for cervical degenerative disc disease | Cochrane
Degenerative changes of the cervical spine are quite common and can cause severe neck pain, impairment and decreased quality of life. Degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine can result in severe pain, instability and radiculopathy (pain spreading down the arms and into the head), myelopathy (spasticity and weakness of arms or hands, which may include "numb and clumsy" hands) or both. Chinese oral and topical herbal medicines are being used to treat many neck disorders. Some have been tested in clinical trials.
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