Osteoporosis

Data from 20 health care databases in 19 countries project there will be a substantial increase in hip fracture incidence rates as the global population ages.

Age-standardized incidence of hip fractures dropped by 27% among women and 20% among men in Norway from 1999 to 2019, with the rising number of hip prostheses accounting for nearly 20% of this decline, according to study data.

The total number of hip fractures globally is projected to nearly double from 2018 to 2050 as the aging population is expected to increase, according to a speaker at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting.

Patients receiving long-term glucocorticoids should use oral bisphosphonates to reduce the risk for bone loss and fracture, according to new guidelines currently under peer review from the American College of Rheumatology.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to a clinical tool for determining bone fragility and fracture risk for older women, according to an industry press release.

According to a recent study, higher body fat in adults was associated with a higher risk for all-cause mortality.

In a large cohort of women, those who were vegetarians demonstrated an elevated risk for hip fracture compared with their meat-eating counterparts, according to recent research.

Prediction models incorporating both cardiovascular disease and fracture risk factors may be able to predict the risk for major adverse CV events in adults with osteoporosis, according to study data.

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.