Osteoporosis

Prevalence of Osteoporosis in COPD Prompts Need for Screening

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Pulmonology Advisor Contributing Writer

Significant risk factors for osteoporosis among patients with COPD included low body mass index and the presence of sarcopenia.

Bone Health Essentials: Follow-Up After Breast and Prostate Cancer

Improved survival of patients with prostate and breast cancer has come at a cost. Clinicians need to be vigilant with preventive care for patients with these cancers to maintain their dental and bone health.

Bone Health Management Key in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Recommendations are presented for the management of bone health in survivors of childhood cancer.

High Prevalence of Low BMD, Fragility Fractures 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery

More than a quarter of postmenopausal women and men ≥50 years of age were found to have osteoporosis a decade after undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

Abdominal Aortic Calcification May Indicate Higher Fracture Risk in Older Women

Older women with significant abdominal aortic calcification are more likely to experience incident clinical fractures.

Navigating Patient Nonadherence to Osteoporosis Drug Therapy: A Clinician Perspective

Barriers to pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis warrant further investigation in order to reduce the elevated mortality and morbidity rates associated with the disease.

Biomarkers for BMD Changes Differ at Anatomic Sites in Osteoporosis With RA

The study identified biomarkers for changes in bone mineral density at three anatomic sites in patients with osteoporosis secondary to RA.

Social Stress Linked to Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women

High social stress was associated with decreased bone mineral density over 6 years of follow-up.

Changes in BMD With Teriparatide vs Denosumab After Long-Term Bisphosphonate Use

Researchers used real-world data to compare changes in BMD after switching to teriparatide vs denosumab in patients with prior long-term bisphosphonate treatment.

FRAX Useful for Fracture Risk Assessment in Knee Osteoarthritis

The FRAX calculations showed higher probabilities of major osteoporotic fracture in patients with knee osteoarthritis vs healthy controls.

Spine X-Ray Tool Can Assess Response to Osteoporosis Therapy

A new measure derived from conventional X-rays and a machine learning algorithm is effective for assessing bone-specific effects of osteoporosis treatment.