A group of clinician experts in Canada has published a new interactive online tool designed to help clinicians assess individual patient risk of fragility fractures and weigh the pluses and minuses of ...

—Even after something as serious as a hip fracture, nearly two-thirds of patients in a recent study failed to keep their follow-up appointment for an osteoporosis evaluation with an outpatient, ...

A new Canadian guideline on screening for the primary prevention of fragility fractures recommends risk assessment first, before bone mineral density (BMD) testing, for women aged 65 and older. For ...

Older women with low bone density are more likely to experience their first hip fracture in their 60s compared to older ages, according to research being presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine ...

A new Fracture Risk Assessment Tool that includes bone microarchitecture measures outperformed the current tool that uses ...

NICE advises adding quick spine checks to routine bone scans to detect hidden vertebral fractures earlier in individuals with ...

Should healthy people be screened to help reduce their risk of fragility fractures? A new interactive online Fragility Fracture Decision Aid for shared decision-making can help clinicians and patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Severe mental illness may be associated with decreased bone mineral density, fragility fractures and ...

The study included 44,338 matched pairs of patients who were treated with bisphosphonates, denosumab, raloxifene, or teriparatide and those who did not receive any of these treatments. HealthDay News ...

hip fracture_TS_470591603 Study also reveals that fracture risk increases along with KDIGO risk category. Albuminuria increases the risk for fragility fractures in patients with chronic kidney disease ...