Osteoporosis
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Guidelines for managing hypo- and hyperparathyroidism
Upcoming guidelines on hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism guidelines were presented at the ASBMR meeting and will be published next year...
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Better bone builder: High-intensity exercise vs. Pilates
A high-intensity resistance and impact training program improved bone heath and function; a low-intensity Pilates-based exercise program improved...
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Lumbar epidural steroid jab lowers bone formation in older women
The extent and duration of the effects of a lumbar epidural steroid injection suggest that patients who receive multiple injections may be at...
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Oral PTH shows promise for osteoporosis in early phase 2 study
The most likely patients for oral PTH, he added, “are those that have osteoporosis, previous fracture, or very low BMD, particularly those...
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Abaloparatide significantly reduced fractures, increased BMD in women at high fracture risk
Abaloparatide showed noninferiority against teriparatide and significant improvement against placebo for women at high or very high fracture risk...
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Cut risedronate drug holiday to under 2 years in older patients
Risedronate confers less hip fracture protection than alendronate during drug holidays beyond 2 years, so a 2- to 3-year drug holiday for...
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Exercise appears to improve bone structure, not density
In postmenopausal women, exercise appears to improve strength at the hip through changes in structure, not bone mineral density (BMD), whereas a...
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Could the osteoporosis drug alendronate ward off diabetes?
‘This is an interesting retrospective analysis, but it should be verified with other data such as a meta-analysis from clinical trials of...
Guidelines
Menopause society issues first osteoporosis advice in 10 years
In the first update since 2010, the North American Menopause Society addresses new advances, including use of novel agents to prevent “bone...
From the Journals
Vertebral fractures still a risk with low-dose oral glucocorticoids for RA
Vertebral, not other, osteoporotic fractures were increased in current versus past users of low-dose steroids in a retrospective cohort study.
From the Journals
Osteoporosis linked to increased risk of hearing loss
Moderate to severe hearing loss was independently associated with osteoporosis, vertebral fracture in the large, longitudinal Nurses’ Health Study...