The first randomised trial to investigate the treatment of low bone density in young people with cystic fibrosis (CF), published Online First in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, provides compelling evidence that alendronate (a drug that curbs bone loss) is safe and can help increase bone mineral...
Androgen deprivation therapy is a common and effective treatment for advanced prostate cancer. However, among other side-effects, it can cause significant bone thinning in men on long-term treatment. A new study¹ by Vahakn Shahinian and Yong-Fang Kuo from the Universities of Michigan and Texas...
Diagnosis & Management Of Osteoporosis In Postmenopausal Women: Newly Published Europ
New ESCEO and IOF Guidance highlights new risk assessment and treatment strategies; points to high prevalence of fractures and low rates of diagnosis and treatment in Europe A new Guidance recently published...
Many people take calcium and magnesium to prevent osteoporosis, but those two nutrients alone aren't enough to achieve optimal bone health and reduce your risk. What causes osteoporosis and bone loss isn't just a calcium deficiency, so your osteoporosis prevention plan should also take into...
A computerized approach to examining patient bone X-rays for diagnosis of osteoporosis could side-step the subjectivity associated with visual examination, according to a new research paper in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology published in October...
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An international expert task force is calling on health care providers to aggressively identify and provide care for the millions of people who have suffered their first osteoporosis-related fracture, in order to prevent subsequent fractures...
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Vitamin D is renowned for its role in creating strong bones and is a key regulator of serum calcium levels. Calcium is primarily obtained through diet and absorbed through the intestine and into the blood stream. In addition to building bone, calcium is required for a variety of important...
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered new ways to help detect and treat the debilitating brittle bone disease osteoporosis. According to a scientific study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics, women with a faulty gene have lower bone mass and lose nearly 10...
Drugs that are commonly used to prevent osteoporosis may increase the risk of serious inflammatory eye disease in first-time users, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Oral bisphosphonates, the most commonly prescribed class of drugs used to prevent osteoporosis...
According to a study published in the online version of the journal The Oncologist, a genetic variation that increases the risk of individuals who take bisphosphonates, developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions, has been identified by researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental...
When it comes to improving bone health in postmenopausal women - and people of all ages, actually - a Florida State University researcher has found a simple, proactive solution to help prevent fractures and osteoporosis: eating dried plums. "Over my career, I have tested numerous fruits...
Postmenopausal women who are at increased risk[1] of osteoporotic fractures should be treated with denosumab if treatment with the currently available oral bisphosphonates alendronate, and either risedronate or etidronate is unsuitable, according to draft guidance published today (Wednesday 15...
Bears hibernate all winter, yet when they awaken in the spring, their bones are as strong as ever. Human beings don't hibernate, but their bones do degenerate as they grow older and when they aren't being used. Those who are bedridden for any length of time, even astronauts in the low- or...
Prolia, a new injectable drug to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of fractures has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a statement on its website on 1st June, the federal agency announced that approving Prolia, made by Amgen, offers...
The prestigious Pierre Delmas Prize: An ESCEO-IOF/Servier Achievement Award was awarded to Professor Pierre Jean Meunier, Professor Emeritus at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon, France. This important new annual scientific award is named in honour of the late Pierre D. Delmas, the world...
An investigational drug that inhibits serotonin synthesis in the gut, administered orally once daily, effectively cured osteoporosis in mice and rats reports an international team led by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center, in the Feb. 7 issue of Nature Medicine. Serotonin in the...
Following a legal challenge to the process used to produce NICE's existing guidance on prevention of osteoporotic fractures, the original recommendations remain unchanged in the updated guidance documents published last friday. This means that postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at risk of...
Following a legal challenge to the process used to produce NICE's existing guidance on prevention of osteoporotic fractures, the original recommendations remain unchanged in the updated guidance documents published last friday. This means that postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at risk of...