Category: News
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New IOF position paper urges routine use of DXA-VFA in fracture liaison services
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vertebral fractures often remain undetected, despite their significance as risk factors for future fractures. The routine use of vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) in fracture liaison services would help physicians detect unrecognized fractures and inform treatment decisions.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A new position paper by an International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Fracture Working Group reviews the clinical significance of vertebral fractures,…
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Address from Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall at World Osteoporosis Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5346″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_margin=”page_margin_top”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and President of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, welcomes all our team and external visitors on World Osteoporosis Day: ” This is an occasion to celebrate the world-leading research on osteoporosis undertaken over several decades, here at the unit. It is…
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Poor bone quality is linked to poor cardiovascular health in men and women
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]New research in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research demonstrates associations between lower bone mineral density and worse cardiovascular health in both men and women. Investigators at the University of Southampton’s Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London, used the internationally unique UK Biobank cohort…
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Architecture of the heart different between women and men and with age
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Southampton researchers contribute to new study demonstrating how differences in the heart’s structure could explain why men and women have different risk of heart conditions Differences in the shape and texture of men and women’s hearts could potentially explain why their risk of heart disease differs, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation…
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Workload linked with an increased risk of knee osteoarthritis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Men and women working in heavy manual occupations are twice as likely to suffer from knee osteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint disorder, compared to those in sedentary occupations according to a new study published in the prestigious journal Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Sydney and Southampton have shown…
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MRC LEU researchers lead major study to evaluate large scale population COVID-19 testing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Widespread testing for COVID-19 using a simple, home-based saliva test is to be trialled within educational settings in Southampton. This is the second phase of a ground-breaking programme to evaluate large scale population testing, led by Professor Keith Godfrey, Professor of Epidemiology and Human Development at the University’s MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU). He…
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MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit researchers lead new guidance on safety of antiosteoporosis medicines, and use of menopausal hormone therapy for musculoskeletal health.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Researchers at the University of Southampton’s MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit have led the generation of two new international position papers covering key topics in the field of osteoporosis care and musculoskeletal ageing. Professor Cyrus Cooper (Professor of Rheumatology and Director) Professor Elaine Dennison, Professor Nicholas Harvey and Dr Nicholas Fuggle contributed as part of working…
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Higher rates of severe COVID-19 in BAME populations remain unexplained
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) populations are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioral factors, cardiovascular disease risk, or by vitamin D status, according to new research led by investigators at the University of Southampton’s MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and at Queen Mary University of London.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The findings, published…
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Worldwide IOF-ISCD survey of bone densitometry units published by MRCLEU
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is high variability in access to, and quality of, bone density scanning facilities worldwide, according to a landmark global study carried out at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU, University of Southampton) in collaboration with the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD).[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A global survey of…
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National Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Health and Work funding renewed
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are very excited to announce that we have led a successful collaborative application to renew the National Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Health and Work for a further five years (October 2019 – September 2024)! Versus Arthritis and the Medical Research Council have awarded us £2.2 million to continue discovering and developing cost-effective ways…