Bone/Mineral Metabolism News

Just one-third of women older than 65 years were screened for osteoporosis at an internal medicine clinic, and one-third of those diagnosed were untreated, noted a speaker at the 2021 North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum.

An annual infusion of zoledronic acid can help attenuate bone loss in adults with acute spinal cord injury, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who receive even low daily doses of glucocorticoids are at a 59% increased risk for clinical vertebral fracture, according to data published in Rheumatology.

There is a bidirectional relationship between cognitive decline and accelerated bone loss with increased fracture risk among women, according to new data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis receiving romosozumab for 12 months had larger improvements in bone mineral density and bone strength at the lumbar spine compared with those receiving alendronate alone, according to study data.

Adults prescribed any oral anticoagulation therapy have lower bone mineral density and trabecular bone score compared with controls, with a stronger negative effect observed among those prescribed warfarin, data published in Bone show.

An above average birth weight is associated with lower bone mineral density and higher fracture risk later in life, according to data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Machine learning models are increasingly used for a deeper investigation of osteoporosis, including diagnosis and fracture prediction, but technical and clinical concerns about use of such methods remain, data from a recent review show.

Young women with obesity have a higher areal bone mineral density, better hip structure and higher volumetric BMD in all femoral compartments compared with women with normal weight, according to a study published in Bone.

Postmenopausal women have an increased risk for a subsequent fracture after both traumatic and nontraumatic initial fractures, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.