A study that recruited women from 7 countries has found that women who had fractured a wrist healed more quickly if they received an injection of human parathyroid hormone (PTH), called teriparatide . This medication is used to treat osteoporosis. The results of the study were published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research .
Researchers recruited 102 women who were aged between 45 and 85 years. They were post menopausal and had fractured a wrist, called a Colle’s fracture . A Colle’s fracture involves a break of the end of the radius bone of the forearm. …read more