Osteoporosis News

The consumption of virgin olive oil as part of a Mediterranean diet may protect against bone loss in the elderly, according to Spanish researchers.

In their systematic review and meta-analysis, researchers from China deemed that both kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty are safe and effective for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Researchers from the International Osteoporosis Foundation have published pathophysiology, diagnosis and management screening strategies in a review published in Osteoporosis International.

Researchers at Arizona State University and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are using isotopic analysis to measure bone loss — and have found it to be more sensitive, as well as safer for patients.

An international task force has called on health care providers to aggressively identify and provide care for patients who have sustained their first osteoporosis-related fracture to prevent subsequent fractures, according to a report published in theJournal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Data suggest that obesity presents a greater risk of a more severe ankle fracture, according to this study from researchers in California.

Moderate alcohol consumption in addition to a healthy lifestyle may help bone development and lower the risk of developing osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, according to a study published recently in the journal Menopause.

Higher doses of vitamin D supplementation appeared to decrease risk for fracture among older patients, according to data published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

After orthopedic surgeons participated in an intervention program, detection and medication rates for osteoporosis increased more than tenfold in patients with fragility fractures, according to recent study results.

Young men being treated for HIV are more likely to experience low bone mass than other men their age, according to results from a research network supported by the National Institutes of Health.