Osteoporosis News

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to a clinical tool for determining bone fragility and fracture risk for older women, according to an industry press release.

In a large cohort of women, those who were vegetarians demonstrated an elevated risk for hip fracture compared with their meat-eating counterparts, according to recent research.

Prediction models incorporating both cardiovascular disease and fracture risk factors may be able to predict the risk for major adverse CV events in adults with osteoporosis, according to study data.

Women who are vegetarian had a greater risk for hip fracture compared with those who ate five or more servings of meat per week, findings in BMC Medicine showed.

A denosumab biosimilar candidate demonstrated noninferior efficacy to its reference product, with similar safety profile, in postmenopausal patients with osteoporosis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

In postmenopausal women, eating prunes every day prevented loss of hip bone mineral density and protected against hip fractures, according to a randomized controlled trial published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Jarlsberg cheese has a significant stimulatory effect on serum osteocalcin.

ORLANDO — Exercise can supplement the efficacy of several therapies used to treat osteoporosis, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

Despite vaccine availability and the reopening of clinical offices after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth remains a popular choice for orthopedic patients, according to published results.

Denosumab is associated with a greater increase in lumbar spine bone mineral density at 12 months compared with ibandronate as a sequential treatment after 12 months of romosozumab therapy, according to study findings published in Bone.