Osteoporosis News

• Managing Inflammatory Rheumatism With Diet and Nutrition Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases often change their diets. A rheumatologist recently reviewed the data about this approach to disease management.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2023
• Lebanon's Healthcare System Is at Breaking Point Since the Beirut port explosion of 2020, skyrocketing inflation has made healthcare unaffordable for a greater proportion of the population.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2023
• Osteoporosis Drugs May Extend Life After Fracture Large database study shows lower mortality within 5 years after a fracture among individuals using longer acting, antiresorptive osteoporosis medications, such as bisphosphonates.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2023
• Holy Smoke: Air Pollution Link to Bone Damage Confirmed 'The scientific literature...is clearly pointing toward a negative effect of chronic pollution exposure on bone health,' says expert. New study is the first to show a specific effect in postmenopausal women.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2023
• Modified ECT Lowers Dental, Skeletal Fracture Risk Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with a minimal risk for skeletal and dental fractures, using properly modified ECT can diminish the risk even further, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2023
• US vs French Guidelines for Osteoporosis Treatment A rheumatologist who helped draft the French recommendations for the treatment of osteoporosis compares them to the updated American guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2023
• Scientific Advances and Dietary Measures to Slow Down Aging Researchers have identified new indicators of aging, and one expert calls for the development of rational strategies to intervene in humans.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2023
• Keeping Bones Healthy Through Exercise Impact sports entail mechanical loads that stimulate osteoblasts, thus promoting bone remodeling.
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2023
• High Serum Klotho Protein Links With Less Osteoporosis High serum levels of klotho, a protein related to bone mineral density, might be a convenient and reliable way to identify postmenopausal women with a reduced risk for developing osteoporosis.
  First Look, February 06, 2023
• Insurance Giant's Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill Patient After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant wouldn't pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer's hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
  ProPublica, February 02, 2023
• Can Docs Stop Elder Abuse From the Exam Room? Older adults with dementia are much more likely to be victims of abuse at the hands of caregivers. Researchers are working on a tool to help physicians identify mistreatment during examinations.
  Medscape Medical News, January 26, 2023
• Severe Health Diagnoses Drive Suicide Risk An increase in suicide risk among individuals diagnosed with a severe physical health condition was highest in the first 6 months after diagnosis or initial treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, January 25, 2023
• Geriatrician Advice on Vitamin D, Lecanemab, and Social Media This article discusses updates in geriatrics from studies published in 2022 to early 2023.
  MDedge News, January 20, 2023
• High HDL-C Levels Linked to Increased Fracture Risk High levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is associated with a higher risk for fracture among older adults, a cohort study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2023
• HRT May Prevent Alzheimer's in High-Risk Women Hormone replacement therapy introduced early during the menopausal transition may protect against Alzheimer's dementia in women carrying the APOE4 gene, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2023
• Many With Prostate Cancer Have Vertebral Fracture at ADT Onset Nearly a third of men with prostate cancer had a vertebral fracture at the time of ADT initiation, underscoring the need for better baseline risk assessment.
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2023
• New Osteoporosis Guideline Says Start With a Bisphosphonate Although the update to the 2017 ACP guideline on drug treatment for osteoporosis now advises bisphosphonates as initial therapy, an editorialist admits the decision to use them is not always easy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2023
• Comorbidities and the Prognosis of COPD At a recent conference, experts discussed the benefits that strict control of comorbidities can have for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2023
• First Guidelines for Treating Hypercalcemia in Cancer Patients The Endocrine Society has now provided the first framework for treating this common and life-threatening metabolic complication.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2022
• Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Higher Fracture Risk Adults who had survived childhood cancer faced a higher risk of a first fracture, suggesting the need for bone mineral density surveillance in high-risk childhood cancer survivors.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2022