Osteopenia

KOLOA, Hawaii — With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise, surgeons should aim to prevent these fractures from occurring by identifying high-risk patients and surgical risk factors, according to a presenter here.

Patients with systemic sclerosis demonstrate lower bone mineral density compared with the general population, with significant differences reported in women aged younger than 45 years, according to data published in Rheumatology.

BOSTON — The percentage of women with osteoporosis who also had diabetes increased from 2009-2010 to 2017-2018, despite a decline in overall diabetes rates for women aged 50 years and older, according to data presented at ENDO 2024.

The FDA cleared a wearable vibration belt to treat postmenopausal women with osteopenia, according to an industry press release.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Daniel S. Horowitz, MD, discussed the management of older patients with common ankle fractures who are osteopenic, diabetic or neuropathic.

The FDA cleared a wearable vibration belt device as a non-pharmacologic treatment for postmenopausal women with osteopenia, according to an industry press release.

Patients with cirrhosis are less frequently screened for osteoporosis compared with the general population, and less than 25% with low bone density actually receive treatment, according to research in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

Among postmenopausal women, hormone preparations increased lumbar spine bone mineral density and had a protective effect against osteopenia, according to a real-world study published in Menopause.

A belt device that mechanically stimulates bones through vibration slowed the decline in bone strength among adults with osteopenia, according to top-line results announced in an industry press release.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with low bone density may have osteoporosis despite registering a bone mineral density score higher than –2.5, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West