A new paper in JAMA Network Open determines whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases the risk of fractures in older women. Diabetes affects over 500 million individuals worldwide, and its ...

Background: Measurement of bone mineral density is the most common method of diagnosing and assessing osteoporosis. We sought to estimate the average rate of change in bone mineral density as a ...

Taken together, these advances suggest that part of age-related immune decline is driven by specific, potentially reversible ...

Vitamin D alone may not be enough for bone health. Nutritionists explain why magnesium is essential to activate vitamin D and help your body absorb it better.

While research has uncovered many details about how blood cells function within bone marrow, the work of other cells existing in that space remained a relative mystery. Now, researchers from the ...

Low physical function and lower lean body mass may put older adults at risk for greater bone loss in the year following a hip fracture, according to a new study. Investigators analyzed one-year ...

A mechanism that controls the formation and function of plate-like nanocrystals that play a critical role in bone composition has now been discovered by researchers. An international, ...

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Doctors explain why vitamin D supplements may not work properly if your kidneys are unhealthy, and how kidney function ...

Recently, a research team led by Professor Xie Huiqi at Sichuan University conducted a systematic review of dual-function ...