Better Blood Tests to Check if Osteoporosis Medicine is Working
Doctors need better ways to tell if osteoporosis medicines are actually helping patients. This study tested a new approach using simple blood tests instead of …
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Good News: Heart Drugs Don't Block Bone-Building Medicine
Researchers studied 104 older women taking a bone-building injection called teriparatide to treat severe weak bones. Half of them also took statin drugs …
Read MoreNew Bone-Building Drugs Could Help Millions With Weak Bones
Scientists have made exciting progress in developing new medicines based on parathyroid hormone (PTH), a natural chemical your body makes to keep bones strong. …
Read MoreNew Hospital Program Helps Older Adults With Hip Fractures Prevent Future Breaks
When older adults break their hip, they're at high risk for breaking bones again in the future. Doctors know a medicine called zoledronic acid can help prevent …
Read MoreNew Bone-Strengthening Treatment Works for People with Kidney Problems
Researchers studied a new medicine called romosozumab that helps strengthen bones in people with osteoporosis (weak bones). They looked at 146 patients, some …
Read MoreHow Safe Is the Bone-Strengthening Drug Zoledronate?
Researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital studied 68 patients who received zoledronate, a medication that strengthens bones and prevents fractures in people with …
Read MoreStrong Bones at Any Age: New Ways to Prevent Fractures
Osteoporosis is a condition where bones become weak and break easily, especially as people get older. Many treatments exist to prevent fractures, but doctors …
Read MoreCould You Skip Your Bone Medicine Longer? New Study Suggests Maybe
Researchers in India studied 56 women with weak bones to see if some could wait longer between doses of a bone-strengthening medicine called denosumab. They …
Read MoreNew Treatment Combo Helps Elderly Patients Recover from Spine Fractures
Researchers studied how different medicines work together to help very elderly people recover from broken vertebrae (spine bones). They compared four treatment …
Read MoreStrong Bones Without Extra Pills? What New Research Shows
Researchers studied 344 people (mostly women in their 70s) taking a bone-strengthening medicine called denosumab to see if adding calcium and vitamin D …
Read MoreTiny Particles Could Help Strengthen Weak Bones
Osteoporosis is a condition where bones become weak and break easily, affecting millions of people worldwide as populations age. Current treatments like …
Read MoreHow People With Bone Disease Manage Pain: What They Actually Do
Researchers asked people with bone diseases like osteoporosis how they handle pain and what treatments work best for them. Most people surveyed were women over …
Read MoreNew Drug Designs Target Vitamin D Receptor for Bone and Skin Health
Scientists have created new experimental drug compounds that work with vitamin D receptors in your body—the proteins that help control bone strength, skin …
Read MoreWhy Your Calcium Drops When Starting Bone-Strengthening Medicine
Researchers studied 67 people with weak bones who took medicines to stop bone loss. They found something interesting: when patients' calcium levels dropped in …
Read MoreNew Bone-Healing Particles Show Promise for Osteoporosis
Scientists are exploring tiny particles made from hydroxyapatite—a natural mineral found in bones—as a new way to treat osteoporosis, a condition where bones …
Read MoreWhat Scientists Are Learning About Weak Bones and Fractures
Researchers looked at 10 years of scientific studies about osteoporosis—a condition where bones become weak and break easily—to understand what doctors and …
Read MoreNew Drug Shows Promise for Strengthening Bones in Older Women
Researchers studied a new bone-strengthening medication called romosozumab in 58 postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis (weak bones). After 12 months of …
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