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Osteoporosis Drugs Tied to Lower Fracture Risk & Health Costs

August 13, 2018 • By Lisa Rapaport

(Reuters Health)—Older women with osteoporosis who consistently take a bisphosphonate may have a lower risk of fractures and lower total health costs than their counterparts who stop taking these drugs, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on 294,369 women who were at least 66 years old, insured by Medicare and prescribed osteoporosis medicines for… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Bisphosphonate, fracture risk, Fractures, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis treatments

Serum Bone Markers CTX, PINP Not Linked with Hip Fracture Risk in Osteoporosis

July 7, 2018 • By Anne Harding

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Levels of two bone markers currently recommended for evaluating postmenopausal women with osteoporosis have no association with hip fracture risk, according to a new study using Women’s Health Initiative data. “At least in these postmenopausal women, it was not a useful endeavor to check bone turnover markers to predict hip-fracture risk. That… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: bone markers, Fractures, hip fracture, hip fracture risk, Osteoporosis

BMD Not a Reliable Predictor of Vertebral Fragility Fracture in Older Women

June 22, 2018 • By Scott Baltic

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Bone mineral density (BMD), particularly lumbar BMD, may not reliably indicate the presence of asymptomatic vertebral fragility fractures in post-menopausal women, new findings suggest. In a study online May 9 in Bone, Italian researchers found such fractures were common among women seen at an osteoporosis clinic, yet the vast majority had not… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: bone mineral density (BMD), Fractures, older women, Osteoporosis, postmenopausal women, vertebral fracture

Existing CT Scans as Good as DXA for Assessing Hip Fracture Risk

May 8, 2018 • By Scott Baltic

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A “biomechanical” analysis of a previously taken pelvic or abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan is at least as accurate in assessing an individual’s hip fracture risk as a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, according to new research. This accuracy of the hip bone mineral density (BMD) T-score as measured by the biomechanical… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: computed tomography, CT scan, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan, Osteoporosis, scan

Healthy Diet Linked to Lower Hip Fracture Risk in U.S. Women

March 4, 2018 • By Mary Gillis

(Reuters Health)—Eating an overall healthy diet is tied to a lower risk of hip fracture among women over age 50, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers analyzed decades’ worth of dietary and health data for more than 100,000 U.S. men and women. They found that women who scored highest on the American Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI)… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Diet, Fractures, healthy eating, hip fracture, hip fracture risk, Osteoporosis, postmenopausal women, Women

Baseline Bone Measures Predict Risk of Fragility Fracture in Postmenopausal

February 5, 2018 • By Will Boggs, MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Baseline measures of bone density, microarchitecture and strength predict the risk of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women, according to results from the Calgary CaMOS cohort. Changes in bone health were not associated with fracture risk, however, said Dr. Lauren A. Burt from the University of Calgary, Canada, who worked on the study…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: bone mineral density (BMD), fracture risk, Fractures, Osteoporosis, postmenopausal women, Women

Higher Fracture Risk in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Giant-Cell Arteritis

January 24, 2018 • By Will Boggs MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant-cell arteritis (GCA) have similarly increased risks of fracture, compared with the general population, researchers have found. “It is of surprise that patients with GCA have a similar fracture risk to those with PMR,” Dr. Zoe Paskins from Keele University, in Staffordshire, told Reuters Health by… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: fracture risk, Fractures, giant cell arteritis (GCA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)

Use Epidural Steroid Injections Cautiously in Patients with Fracture Risk

January 22, 2018 • By Scott Baltic

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Use of epidural steroid injections (ESIs) “should be approached with prudence,” particularly in patients who are at risk for osteoporotic fractures, such as women of postmenopausal age, according to authors of a systematic review. Although the literature presents a mixed picture, ESIs in doses as low as 80 mg methylprednisolone equivalents seem… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: bone mineral density (BMD), epidural steroid injections, fracture risk, Fractures, Osteoporosis

Changes in Bone Markers Predict Fracture Reduction with Anti-Resorptive Drug

January 17, 2018 • By Will Boggs MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Treatment-related changes in bone formation markers predict vertebral-fracture reduction with anti-resorptive drug therapy, according to a meta-regression analysis of 14 clinical trials. “These results may be useful for the development of new osteoporosis treatments or when considering new populations or dosing regimens with existing treatments,” Dr. Douglas C. Bauer from the University… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Drug Updates Tagged With: anti-resorptive drug therapy, bone marker changes, fracture reduction, Fractures, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis treatments

Hip Fractures Increasing in Older U.S. Women

January 16, 2018 • By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock

(Reuters Health)—The incidence of hip fractures in older women in the U.S. is rising after more than a decade of decline, according to a large new study of Medicare recipients. Hip fracture rates declined each year from 2002–2012, the researchers found. But starting in 2013, hip fracture rates leveled off and were higher than expected…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Fractures, hip, hip fracture, Medicare, older women, Osteoporosis, Women

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