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Cognitive decline tied to faster rate of bone loss, fracture risk: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 22, 2021
Women who experience cognitive decline may not only have faster bone loss than their peers, but have greater odds of fracturing a bone in the next 10 years — no matter the level of bone loss, investigators...
Bone scans may offer window into women’s heart disease risk
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Alicia Lasek
May 11, 2021
A clinical diagnosis of thin and brittle bones is strongly linked to adverse health events from heart attack and stroke due to atherosclerosis, according to a new study. DXA scan results could be used...
Adjust osteoporosis drug regimens during COVID vaccination: experts offer guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 10, 2021
Vaccinations may need to be prioritized, requiring alterations to regular osteoporosis drug regimens to ensure effectiveness and safety, bone health authorities say.
LTC hip-fracture rates rise where fracture-linked drug prescriptions abound
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 18, 2021
Substantial regional variations exist for fracture-associated drug prescriptions — and hip fracture rates — in long-term care facility residents, researchers say.
Extended osteoporosis treatment fails to further reduce fracture risk
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2020
Bisphosphonate treatment beyond five years may offer little additional gain in bone loss reduction or fracture risk, a large new study has found.
Osteoporosis undertreated in older men with fracture, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 09, 2020
In the two years before their fracture, fewer than 6% of almost 9,900 men studied had been screened for bone mineral density. Yet two thirds of these men had musculoskeletal pain, according to new findings.
Step down steroids to curb bone loss in asthma patients, researchers urge
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 22, 2020
The more oral and inhaled corticosteroids prescribed within a year’s time, the more likely patients with asthma were to experience bone loss and fracture, investigators say.
Fracture risk testing tumbles during pandemic, study reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 20, 2020
Use of a popular fracture risk assessment tool dropped by 58% in April alone, suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on osteoporosis management, investigators say.
Once is enough for bone density tests in older women, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 30, 2020
A repeat bone density test is not needed to predict fractures in postmenopausal women, osteoporosis researchers say.