Osteoporosis News and Research

Latest Osteoporosis News and Research

Is gluten the latest villain in the battle for better health?

If you've been food shopping or out to eat lately, you've probably noticed that "gluten-free" foods now claim their own grocery store shelves and dozens of national restaurant chain menus highlight "gluten-free" entrees.

17 May 2010

Emisphere Technologies first-quarter net loss increases to $18.5 million

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. today announced its financial results for the first quarter 2010.

17 May 2010

Novel internet-based strategy effective in patients with severe prednisone dependent asthma

Patients with severe asthma who use an internet-supported strategy and daily monitoring of exhaled nitric oxide were able to control their asthma with lower overall dosing of oral corticosteroids than patients who underwent usual care, according to research from the Netherlands.

17 May 2010

Osteoporosis screening of women increased from 34% in 2001 to 64% in 2006: AHRQ

The proportion of women age 65 and over on Medicare who said that they had been screened for osteoporosis increased from 34 percent in 2001 to 64 percent in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

14 May 2010

Calcium deficiency may make people more prone to osteoporosis, obesity in later life: Study

There's no denying that people need calcium for strong, healthy bones. But new research from North Carolina State University suggests that not getting enough calcium in the earliest days of life could have a more profound, lifelong impact on bone health and perhaps even obesity than previously thought.

14 May 2010

Researchers to discuss various implications for personalized medicine during one-day symposium

On May 27, researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Cancer Institute, along with Group Health Cooperative in Seattle and Henry Ford Health System, will debate and discuss that question during the one-day symposium "Multiplex Initiative: Implications for Personalized Medicine."

13 May 2010

$High dose Vitamin D linked to high rate of fractures and falls$

High dose Vitamin D linked to high rate of fractures and falls

Many women have been regularly taking vitamin D supplements in the hope that it is good for their bones. However a new study has shown that high doses of this vitamin can actually increase the number of falls and fractures in older women.

12 May 2010

Merck hosts R&D and Business Briefing

Merck & Co., Inc. today hosted its first R&D and Business Briefing since the completion of the Merck and Schering-Plough merger. The event included a comprehensive review of the company's late-stage pipeline, as well as the company's commercial strategy and progress made in the integration of Merck's worldwide operations.

12 May 2010

Winners of IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has awarded the IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant to co-winners Dr. Frank DeVries, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Dr. Davide Ruffoni, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

11 May 2010

Unigene first-quarter revenue decreases to $2.5 million

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. has reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

Study: Omega-3 fatty acids can help mitigate bone loss

NASA-sponsored studies have found that omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may play a role in mitigating bone breakdown that occurs during spaceflight and in osteoporosis. Ongoing research for decades has looked for ways to stop bone density loss in astronauts.

11 May 2010

$IOF: Vitamin D can prevent falls and fractures in older adults$

IOF: Vitamin D can prevent falls and fractures in older adults

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has released a new position statement on Vitamin D for older adults which makes important recommendations for vitamin D nutrition from an evidence-based perspective.

11 May 2010

Vigorous physical activity in childhood strengthens hip bones

Researchers from Southhampton and Cambridge Universities in the UK have presented evidence that vigorous physical activity in young children results in stronger hip bones. The results were presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO-ECCEO10) in Florence, Italy.

11 May 2010

Alphatec Spine reports 25.6% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenue

Alphatec Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announced today financial results for the first quarter March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

Forest, Nycomed to present data from six roflumilast posters at ATS International Conference

Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Nycomed today announced that they will present data from six roflumilast posters during the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference being held in New Orleans, LA, May 14 through May 19, 2010. Roflumilast is an investigational anti-inflammatory, oral medication for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) associated with chronic bronchitis in patients at risk of exacerbations.

10 May 2010

$Free online fracture-risk calculator$

Free online fracture-risk calculator

FRAX- is a free online fracture-risk calculator (http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/) that has been developed by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases at the University of Sheffield, UK. More and more physicians around the world are using the tool as an aid in making informed treatment decisions in the course of a clinical assessment of their patients.

10 May 2010

$Vertebral fractures can impact person's quality of life$

Vertebral fractures can impact person's quality of life

Vertebral fractures are the most common of all osteoporotic fractures and can have a devastating impact on a person's quality of life.

10 May 2010

Majority of Americans fall short in consuming key phytonutrients

Americans who fall short in meeting their daily fruit and vegetable intakes based on government guidelines are also likely to fall short in common bone-building nutrients like calcium and vitamin D, according to a newly released report by the Nutrilite Health Institute called America's Phytonutrient Report: Bone Health by Color.

7 May 2010

$Inflammatory bowel disorders can raise risk of osteoporotic fractures$

Inflammatory bowel disorders can raise risk of osteoporotic fractures

A team of scientists from the University Hospitals of Geneva and Lausanne have shown that young people with inflammatory bowel diseases have low bone mass and poor bone architecture compared to healthy people of the same age, placing them at increased risk of fracture.

7 May 2010