Osteoporosis News

French researchers who treated elderly patients with acute proximal humeral fractures using a standard reverse shoulder prosthesis without re-insertion of the tubercles because of patients’ osteoporosis and poor physiology found that 21% had complications, 42% were unsatisfied with the procedure and 62% had “worrying” images.

Measuring the suppression of bone turnover markers may be a valuable tool for monitoring early osteoporosis treatment effect and persistence to therapy, according to researchers in the Netherlands.

William Macaulay

Bone quality is just as important as bone quantity in regards to fracture vulnerability in aging bones, according to research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

A researcher at Florida State University has found that eating dried plums can help improve bone health in postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Women with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels greater than 33 ng/mL are seven times more likely to benefit from bisphosphonate therapy compared with women with lower levels, according to researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a technique that allows them to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples — potentially allowing for new insights into the fight against osteoporosis and opening a proteomics-based approach to analyzing bone quality.

Daily administration of soy isoflavone tablets does not appear to reduce bone loss in women within the first 5 years of menopause, according to a new report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Oral contraceptives may reduce a woman’s bone density, according to a study published online in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology by Group Health Research Institute investigators.

Erythromycin administered directly at the site of bone breakdown — rather than taken orally — can help prevent and treat bone wear without resulting in long-term whole-body side effects, according to a study published in the August issue of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.