Cyrus Cooper

TL;DR: There is evidence of production of the autoantibodies rheumatoid factor and anti‐cyclic citrullinated peptides and increased levels of C‐reactive protein years before RA becomes clinically apparent.

TL;DR: The Interest Group on Falls and Fracture Prevention of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) outlines its views on the main points in the current debate in relation to the primary and secondary prevention of falls, the diagnosis and treatment of bone fragility, and the place of combined falls and fracture liaison services for fracture prevention in older people.

TL;DR: In this cohort, relationships between lipid profile and BMD were robust to adjustment for one measure of central obesity (waist-hip ratio), but not total body fat, which broadly supports the idea that adiposity may confound the relationship between lipids and bone mass.

TL;DR: The epidemiology of osteoporosis is summarized, the history of scanning modalities, fracture prediction tools and future directions are summarized, including the most recent developments in prediction of fractures.

TL;DR: The DASH was a more discriminating measure than the GAT in assessing upper limb ability in this sample population of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, and handgrip strength is an accurate indicator ofupper limb ability.