Osteoporotic Fracture

In a cohort of women, NSAID use significantly decreased the efficacy of the bisphosphonate clodronate for preventing bone loss and fractures, according to findings from a post hoc analysis.

ATLANTA — Adults with type 2 diabetes who were prescribed insulin had greater risks for major osteoporotic and hip fractures than those prescribed metformin, according to study data.

A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the day.

SAN DIEGO — Men with osteoporosis receiving daily injections of abaloparatide had greater increases in bone mineral density at the lumbar spine, total hip and femoral neck at 12 months compared with placebo, according to a speaker.

Among women aged 40 to 64 years, a recent major osteoporotic fracture was associated with increased risk for a repeat fracture at 10 years, with highest risk within the first 2 years of the fracture, according to study data.

Avoiding the sun and practicing sun-protective behaviors does not show an association with osteoporotic fractures or reduced bone density, according to a study.

Hip fracture hospitalizations decreased by 11% in France during the first COVID-19 lockdown compared with the year before, according to a speaker at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting.

Clinicians should be cautious when prescribing certain antihyperglycemic agents for people with type 2 diabetes at risk for fracture, particularly when a patient is older with long disease duration or complications, according to a speaker.

Just one-third of women older than 65 years were screened for osteoporosis at an internal medicine clinic, and one-third of those diagnosed were untreated, noted a speaker at the 2021 North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum.

Postmenopausal women who sustain any type of initial fracture are at a higher risk for a subsequent fracture, according to a study published in EClinicalMedicine.