Osteoporosis - News

Older women with thin bones should be screened every year and those with denser bones can safely wait up to 17 years to have...

Women who have their ovaries surgically removed may go through menopause early, but that does not seem to raise their risk...

Broken arms send several hundred thousand Americans to emergency rooms each year, and a new study suggests that number could...

Teenagers in Asia receiving treatment for HIV are showing early signs of osteoporosis and children as young as five are becoming...

Although they are touted as a way to make bones stronger, whole-body vibration devices may not help older women hang on to...

Women who spend a lot of time exercising or eat a heart-healthy diet appear to reach menopause earlier, a new Japanese study...

People who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals tend also to get more nutrients from their food than...

U.S. health advisers are considering a time limit for taking a class of drugs used by millions of women to prevent bone fractures,...

Many women who get screened for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis may not actually need such testing, a new study suggests....

When postmenopausal women discontinue hormone therapy, their bone mineral density drops and their risk of a hip fracture...

Taking soy supplements may not help women ease their menopause symptoms or prevent the bone changes that start at that time...

U.S. health regulators on Thursday backed a class of osteoporosis drugs that have been linked to higher risk of cancer and...

Women who take bone drugs for several years have a slightly increased chance of suffering an unusual type of thigh fracture,...

Hospitals that spend more money treating patients with acute illnesses may be better at keeping those patients alive, suggests...

Taking extra vitamin D and calcium doesn't seem to prevent bone-thinning in older men, according to Australian researchers....

New guidelines for osteoporosis screening released today recommend testing for women as young as 50, depending on individual...

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Older adults on certain epilepsy drugs have an increased risk of breaking their wrist, hip or spine, according to a new Canadian...

While suffering a stroke is already known to raise the risk of breaking your hip, new research hints that the reverse might...

Amgen Inc's new osteoporosis drug denosumab delayed fractures and other bone problems in patients with advanced breast cancer...

Elderly men with mild thyroid dysfunction - most of whom are unaware of it - are significantly more likely to develop hip...

Older women who eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains may have a lower likelihood of suffering a bone fracture...

People with HIV are much more likely to develop bone disease, or be on their way to developing it, a new study shows. In...

Postmenopausal women who spent longer periods of time breast-feeding their children may be at greater risk of developing...

The osteoporosis drug Forteo can regrow bone in jaws damaged by severe bone-destroying conditions called osteonecrosis and...

Drugs widely used for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis may raise the risk of an unusual type of thigh fracture, U.S....

The same mechanism that makes Amgen's new bone drug denosumab an effective treatment for osteoporosis may also mean it could...

Older women with thinning bones who exercise regularly have sustained improvements in their balance and walking speed that...

European drugs regulators said they had started a safety review of a class of osteoporosis bone drugs called bisphosphonates...

Breast cancer rates among postmenopausal women in Canada dropped nearly 10 percent after news of a big study in 2002 that...