Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with femoral fragility fractures lost an average of 2.4 kg or 9% of their skeletal muscle mass at 6 ...

—Even after something as serious as a hip fracture, nearly two-thirds of patients in a recent study failed to keep their follow-up appointment for an osteoporosis evaluation with an outpatient, ...

Effects of adjuvant exemestane versus anastrozole on bone mineral density: Two-year results of the NCIC CTG MA.27 bone companion study. Background: Change in bone density is one of the most commonly ...

Osteoporosis treatment following fragility fracture was associated with significantly reduced hospitalization and mortality risks among patients aged 80 years and older. After fracture at 80 years of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Severe mental illness may be associated with decreased bone mineral density, fragility fractures and ...

A new Canadian guideline on screening for the primary prevention of fragility fractures recommends risk assessment first, before bone mineral density (BMD) testing, for women aged 65 and older. For ...

Older women with low bone density are more likely to experience their first hip fracture in their 60s compared to older ages, according to research being presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine ...

A group of clinician experts in Canada has published a new interactive online tool designed to help clinicians assess individual patient risk of fragility fractures and weigh the pluses and minuses of ...

This infographic shows the enormous burden of osteoporosis and related fragility fractures, and that the disease remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. With timely diagnosis and treatment, fragility ...

The study included 44,338 matched pairs of patients who were treated with bisphosphonates, denosumab, raloxifene, or teriparatide and those who did not receive any of these treatments. HealthDay News ...