Osteoporosis News

Dietary silicon is positively associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal women, according to recent research published in the Bone journal.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed data the authors hope may help guide decisions about the interval between bone mineral density tests in postmenopausal women older than 65 years.

Bone mineral density is positively correlated with the maximum torque required to insert a pedicle screw during posterior lumbar screw fixation in patients with osteoporosis and osteopenia, according to recently published research.

Older women who have lost more than two inches of height during the past 15 years of their life may have an increased mortality rate and risk of bone fracture, according to a recent study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Overweight and obese premenopausal women who increased dairy food and protein intake during weight loss regimens developed improved markers for bone formation and decreased markers for bone degradation, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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Whole-body vibration has no preventative effect against bone loss in healthy postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A simple physician notification system was found to help prevent further fractures in osteoporotic patients who had already had fractures, according to results of a randomized trial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

The use of dental X-rays may help predict which patients are at risk of fracture in other parts of the body, according to researchers with the University of Gothenburg.

A study comparing premenopausal women with distal radius fractures to a control group of women without fractures revealed deterioration in trabecular and cortical bone microarchitecture in those with fractures, despite similar bone density by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan.