ANALYSISIn 2,292 hip fractures across six cities in Nagano, snowfall raised the odds of admission — until the models adjusted for how cold it was, at which point the association disappeared.
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WELL CURVEAdding milk, yoghurt and cheese cut hip fractures 46% in Australian aged-care residents. In the general over-50 population, dietary calcium intake shows no association with fracture risk at all.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSA phase 2 trial of dasatinib plus quercetin missed its bone endpoint. A senolytic injected into the eye produced a 5.6-letter vision gain whose confidence interval crosses zero.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSIn 388 female athletes, a per cent fat Z-score below −1.0 more than doubled sensitivity for amenorrhoea against standard BMI thresholds. It gave up specificity to do it.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSThe LIDA trial tested whether romosozumab's bone-building window closes early enough to shorten treatment. It met non-inferiority on hip bone density — at a single centre, with 50 participants, over one year.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSBlack cohosh, Chinese herbal medicine and vitamin D reached moderate certainty for specific outcomes. Most of the rest of the field — 158 studies deep — sits at low or very low certainty.
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Seven of those nine were denosumab. The committee's September opinions also covered an RSV antibody for infants, a first EU treatment for IgG4-related disease, and four withdrawn applications.
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EXPLAINERAn EMAS clinical guide sets out how to manage endometriosis after menopause, advising against oestrogen-only hormone therapy even in women who have had a hysterectomy.
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