Osteoporosis News and Research

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Decline of citrate concentration may contribute to bone brittleness

Bone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition that gives bone its outstanding properties and the important role citrate plays, work that may help science better understand and treat or prevent bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

9 Jun 2011

$Zoledronate at lower dose effective in reducing risk of osteoporotic fractures$

Zoledronate at lower dose effective in reducing risk of osteoporotic fractures

A lower dose of zoledronic acid than currently recommended for prevention of bone fractures due to osteoporosis decreases bone resorption and increases bone density, and may be effective in reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures, a study finds.

7 Jun 2011

Ligand's LGD-4033 Phase I clinical trial data presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that data from a comprehensive Phase I multi-dose program with its selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) LGD-4033 was featured in a poster presentation today at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting in Boston, June 4-7, 2011.

7 Jun 2011

The Endocrine Society releases clinical practice guideline on Vitamin D deficiency

Today, The Endocrine Society released "Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline." The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society.

7 Jun 2011

Higher than IOM recommended Vitamin D levels required for optimizing osteoporosis, low BMD therapy

To fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density (BMD), patients should maintain vitamin D levels above the limits recently recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), according to a new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study will be presented at the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in Boston, June 4-7.

7 Jun 2011

Women with low bone density more likely to benefit from bisphosphonate drug

Women with low bone density are seven times more likely to benefit from a bisphosphonate drug when their vitamin D blood levels are above recent recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as adequate for bone health.

7 Jun 2011

$Stem cell transplant may help promote bone fracture healing$

Stem cell transplant may help promote bone fracture healing

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown in an animal study that transplantation of adult stem cells enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone can help mend bone fractures that are not healing properly.

6 Jun 2011

Nonmenstruating female athletes have abnormal bone structure: Study

Young female athletes who have stopped menstruating have a weakening in the quality of their bone structure that may predispose them to breaking a bone, despite getting plenty of weight-bearing exercise, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

6 Jun 2011

$Bariatric weight-loss surgery may increase risk of fractures$

Bariatric weight-loss surgery may increase risk of fractures

People who have had gastric bypass surgery or other bariatric weight-loss surgery have an even higher increased risk of breaking bones than previously found. These study findings will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

6 Jun 2011

Bionovo's Menerba Phase 2 trial data to be presented at Annual World Congress on Menopause

Bionovo, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of safe and effective treatments for women's health and cancer, today announced it will be presenting data from the Phase 2 clinical trial of their lead drug candidate for postmenopausal symptoms, Menerba, to the international community at the 13th Annual World Congress on Menopause in Rome, Italy on June 11, 2011.

4 Jun 2011

Experts from 16 national osteoporosis societies to meet in Dubai for IOF event

Online registration and abstract submission is now open for the largest bone meeting of 2011 to be held in the Middle-East and Africa region.

2 Jun 2011

Free online WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool now available as version 3.3

The WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX-) is an important new calculation tool, available free online at http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX, that is being used by a steadily increasing number of physicians around the world to calculate a patient's 10-year probability of fracture based on scientifically validated risk factors.

2 Jun 2011

$IOF position paper recommends coordinator-based models to manage fragility fracture patients$

IOF position paper recommends coordinator-based models to manage fragility fracture patients

A prior fracture at least doubles a patient's future fracture risk - yet numerous studies from across the world have found that healthcare systems fail to respond to the first fracture to prevent future fractures.

1 Jun 2011

Scans, hospital infections at heart of new quality issues

A new diagnostic imaging test that can detect plaque in the arteries of the heart is not an efficient tool for screening people not experiencing symptoms of heart disease, a recent study found.

1 Jun 2011

AACE applauds legislation for preservation of access to osteoporosis testing for Medicare beneficiaries

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) applauds the introduction of legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate that will preserve patient access to osteoporosis testing and treatment services under the Medicare program.

27 May 2011

Tips for building strong and healthy bones

Most of us think of our bone structure as a solid, static mass that is hard and unchanging. The fact is our skeletal structure is replaced approximately every ten years.

26 May 2011

Patients with celiac disease 4.5 times more likely to develop osteoporosis

Patients with celiac disease are more than 4.5 times more likely to develop osteoporosis compared to healthy people in an age and gender matched cohort with no identifiable risk factors for osteoporosis, according to a study presented today at the EULAR 2011 Annual Congress.

26 May 2011

Low vitamin D could account for link between obesity and cancer, heart disease, diabetes

Overweight or obese women with less-than-optimal levels of vitamin D who lose more than 15 percent of their body weight experience significant increases in circulating levels of this fat-soluble nutrient, according to a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

26 May 2011

IOF to host largest clinical bone meeting in Dubai

Healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders from throughout the Middle-East and Africa will gather in Dubai for the largest clinical bone meeting ever held in the region.

25 May 2011

Vectra DA blood test may help predict patients' response to rheumatoid arthritis therapy

Crescendo Bioscience- today announced data indicating that Vectra- DA, a first-in-class multi-biomarker blood test used to assess rheumatoid arthritis disease activity, provides physicians with an objective measure which may help determine whether patients are responding to therapy.

25 May 2011

Osteoporosis News and Research

Latest Osteoporosis News and Research

Decline of citrate concentration may contribute to bone brittleness

Zoledronate at lower dose effective in reducing risk of osteoporotic fractures

Ligand's LGD-4033 Phase I clinical trial data presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting

The Endocrine Society releases clinical practice guideline on Vitamin D deficiency

Higher than IOM recommended Vitamin D levels required for optimizing osteoporosis, low BMD therapy

Women with low bone density more likely to benefit from bisphosphonate drug

Stem cell transplant may help promote bone fracture healing

Nonmenstruating female athletes have abnormal bone structure: Study

Bariatric weight-loss surgery may increase risk of fractures

Bionovo's Menerba Phase 2 trial data to be presented at Annual World Congress on Menopause

Experts from 16 national osteoporosis societies to meet in Dubai for IOF event

Free online WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool now available as version 3.3

IOF position paper recommends coordinator-based models to manage fragility fracture patients

Scans, hospital infections at heart of new quality issues

AACE applauds legislation for preservation of access to osteoporosis testing for Medicare beneficiaries

Tips for building strong and healthy bones

Patients with celiac disease 4.5 times more likely to develop osteoporosis

Low vitamin D could account for link between obesity and cancer, heart disease, diabetes

IOF to host largest clinical bone meeting in Dubai

Vectra DA blood test may help predict patients' response to rheumatoid arthritis therapy

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