Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Injected drug reduces risk of fracture among women with osteoporosis

Among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at risk of fracture, daily injection of the drug abaloparatide for 18 months significantly reduced the risk of new vertebral and nonvertebral fractures compared with placebo, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A crisis in the treatment of osteoporosis

The remarkable progress made over the past 30 years to reduce fractures and dramatically improve the quality of life for millions of osteoporosis patients is rapidly being reversed, say two bone health experts in a Journal ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

PPI use ups risk of osteoporosis, osteopenia in femur

(HealthDay)—Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use is associated with increased risk of developing osteoporosis and osteopenia in femur bones, according to a study published online May 31 in the International Journal of Rheumatic ...

Medical research

Stem cell therapy reverses age-related osteoporosis in mice

Imagine telling a patient suffering from age-related (type-II) osteoporosis that a single injection of stem cells could restore their normal bone structure. This week, with a publication in Stem Cells Translational Medicine, ...

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