Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Health

How obesity affects vitamin D metabolism

A new Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study confirms that vitamin D supplementation is less effective in the presence of obesity, and it uncovers a biological mechanism to explain this observation.

Health

Sleep length, quality linked to risk for falls, fractures

(HealthDay)—Both short and long sleep duration and poor sleep quality are associated with increased odds of recurrent falls in women, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study sheds light on atypical periprosthetic femoral fractures

Following surgery, some patients experience a broken bone around the implants of a total hip replacement—called a periprosthetic femoral fracture. In a study of such patients published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A fracture anywhere reduces bone density everywhere

Breaking a bone causes bone density losses throughout the body, not just close to the site of the fracture, and primarily around the time of the fracture, two new studies from UC Davis Health show.

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