Osteoporosis

Adults with Graves’ disease do not have an increased risk for an osteoporosis-related fracture later in life compared with those without Graves’ disease, according to data from a retrospective study published in Thyroid.

According to published results, patients with osteoporosis had a two-fold increased risk for revision for periprosthetic fracture at 5 years after total knee arthroplasty compared with patients without osteoporosis.

SEATTLE — In this video from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Richard S. Yoon, MD, FAAOS, and Michael A. Maceroli, MD, discussed treating acetabular fractures in older patients.

The FDA has recently announced the approval of Zurzuvae, the first and only oral, once-daily treatment for postpartum depression. Prior to the approval, medication for postpartum depression was only available through IV injection.

SANTA FE, N.M. — In this video exclusive, Michael R. McClung, MD, discusses strategies for drug holidays and transitions between osteoporosis therapies.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO — In this video exclusive, Christopher Kovacs, MD, FRCP, FACP, FACE, talks about osteoporosis and fragility fractures associated with pregnancy and lactation.

SANTA FE, N.M. — In this video exclusive, E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACE, FACP, describes Bone Health ECHO, a virtual community of physicians who review osteoporosis and bone-disease cases together each week via video conferencing.

SANTA FE, N.M. — In this video exclusive, Jacques P. Brown, MD, discusses clinical applications of bone turnover markers in managing osteoporosis.

Despite the high prevalence of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women in urban Tianjin, China, most women had no knowledge of the dangers or the importance of early diagnosis and treatment, according to findings published in Menopause.

Older men who have a rapid decline in cortical bone over 4 years have a higher risk for sustaining a future fracture, according to findings published in The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.