Bone/Mineral Metabolism News

Multivitamin and cocoa extract supplements do not protect against clinical fractures for older adults, according to data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

The FDA has approved two new biosimilars of denosumab for all indications of the reference medications Prolia and Xgeva, according to a press release from Celltrion.

Women with osteoporosis have at least a 50% chance of reaching their target bone mineral density at 3 years if they have a BMD T-score of at least –2.8 at the total hip or –3.1 at the lumbar spine at baseline, according to study findings.

In this Healio Video Exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, speaks with Donna Shoupe, MD, about the health benefits of menopausal hormone therapy for women.

Machine learning may be able to identify older adults most at risk for major adverse cardiovascular events by assessing abdominal aortic calcification in vertebral fracture assessment images, according to study data.

The FDA has approved two new biosimilars of denosumab to treat osteoporosis, increase bone mass, prevent skeletal-related events for people with multiple myeloma and other indications, Samsung Bioepis announced.

Surrogate measures of insulin resistance, based on the triglyceride-glucose index, can be used to predict the development of osteoarthritis, according to data published in Scientific Reports.

Lean mass constituted 30.8% of total body weight lost for adults who received a GLP-1 drug during a randomized controlled trial, according to findings published in Obesity.

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