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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Osgood-Schlatter disease - myDr.com.au
The main symptom of Osgood-Schlatter disease - a common condition that affects children and teenagers during a growth spurt - is pain in the shin bone just below the knee.
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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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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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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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Bone Marrow disease - Lab Tests Online AU
Bone marrow disease is where production of blood cells in bone marrow is disrupted or abnormal.
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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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Tell me about a Bone Density Scan | Osteoporosis Australia
A bone density scan (also known as a bone density test) is a simple scan that measures the density of your bones usually at the hip and spine.
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Thyroid disease and osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones become fragile, leading to a higher risk of breaks or fractures. A minor bump or fall can be enough to cause a break in someone with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is more common in people with thyroid conditio ns than in the general population. This factsheet explains how thyroid disease can affect your bones, how to find out if you are at risk of osteoporosis, and what you can do to help protect your bone health
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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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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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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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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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What is Dengue? Mosquito Transmitted Diseases
Dengue is caused by the dengue virus, of which there are at least four genotypes. Infection gives lifelong immunity to the infecting type but not to any of the others; infection with any of which may lead to more severe disease.
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Testing for coeliac disease | Issue 3 | Volume 40 | Australian Prescriber | Australian Prescriber
The symptoms of coeliac disease vary markedly from person to person. What is the gold standard for diagnosing coeliac disease?
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