Cyrus Cooper

TL;DR: A growing body of literature has provided indirect and some direct evidence for possible extraskeletal vitamin D-related effects as mentioned in this paper, which is recommended with specific treatment in individuals at high risk for fragility fractures.

TL;DR: There was no significant difference between the two interventions on grip strength, deformity, hand function and pain and this study suggests that resting splints should not be used as a routine treatment of patients with early RA.

TL;DR: It is suggested that MMP3, MMP7, M MP12 and MMP13 genotypes may play a role in determining functional status of rheumatoid arthritis.

TL;DR: Health technology assessment is increasingly used in the field of osteoporosis and could be very useful to help decision makers efficiently allocate health-care resources and suggest that the recent advances in the prevention and treatment of osteopsorosis may constitute an efficient basis for the allocation of scarce health- Care resources.

TL;DR: An increased prevalence of radiographic hip OA and osteophytosis was observed in HBM cases compared with controls, in keeping with a positive association between HBM and OA, and suggesting that OA in H BM has a hypertrophic phenotype.