Osteoporosis News

Women who have prediabetes before transition to menopause have a higher risk for sustaining a fracture later in life than women without prediabetes, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The Healio Editors compiled news on osteoporosis in women’s health for National Women’s Health Week.

Among postmenopausal women, consuming more dietary antioxidants was associated with decreased likelihood of osteoporosis, according to a population-based study published in Menopause.

Among postmenopausal women living in Brazil, lower appendicular lean mass was independently associated with low bone mass, according to findings of a cross-sectional study published in Menopause.

Potentially perimenopausal women who took relugolix combination therapy for uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding experienced significant reductions in menstrual bleeding and fibroid-related pain vs. those who took placebo.

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.

CHICAGO — In this video interview with Healio, Stephanie Faubion, MD, MBA, FACP, NCMP, IF, highlights recent research on women’s health, which she discussed during her presentation here.

Postmenopausal women with higher bone strain index values at the spine, neck and total hip are more likely to have incident fragility fractures vs. those with a lower bone strain index, according to study findings published in Bone.