Bone/Mineral Metabolism News

Among South-East Asian adults, bisphosphonate use in is not associated with differences in clinical outcomes or mortality after an atypical femur fracture, according to study data published in Bone.

Teriparatide restores bone mineral quality to premenopausal levels for women with postmenopausal osteoporosis if taken for 24 months, but not if taken at shorter intervals, according to study findings published in Bone.

Older men with higher concentrations of three bone turnover markers have a higher risk for all-cause mortality than those with lower concentrations, according to study findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Older men with worse grip strength, gait speed and chair stand times within 5 years before a fracture have increased risk for death, according to study findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Reductions in bone mineral density in adolescents with obesity who undergo sleeve gastrectomy are associated with changes in sex hormones, sclerostin and enteric peptides, according to study findings.

Romosozumab improved bone mineral density at the lumbar spine, total hip and femoral neck, and reduced the relative risk for fractures in women with osteoporosis and mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease, according to study data.

In a cohort of women, NSAID use significantly decreased the efficacy of the bisphosphonate clodronate for preventing bone loss and fractures, according to findings from a post hoc analysis.

ATLANTA — Adults with type 2 diabetes who were prescribed insulin had greater risks for major osteoporotic and hip fractures than those prescribed metformin, according to study data.

ATLANTA — Male runners are more likely to have lower tibial bone mineral density and strength compared with nonathletes, according to a presenter at ENDO 2022.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Bart L. Clarke, MD, about hypoparathyroid and hyperparathyroid guidelines expected to published as two documents in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research later this year.