SEATTLE—Dialysis patients are at increased risk for fractures, and these fractures are associated with a higher morbidity and mortality compared with fractures in the general population, according to ...

Fractures that occurred at any prior time in adulthood were associated with fracture risk in older adults, a cohort study indicated. In fact, a first fracture in younger adulthood was linked with the ...

Circulating levels of a protein biomarker predicts the risk of postmenopausal women having a low-trauma fracture independent of their areal bone-mineral density (aBMD) status, classical bone-turnover ...

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

Men were more likely to have prior falls before experiencing fractures, according to a recent report — a point that doctors should note to accurately estimate a person’s fracture risk. Doctors ...

Researchers recently evaluated three tools to help predict risk of hip fracture in adults aged 80 and older, a population that accounts for 70% of hip fractures in the United States. The three ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A large prospective study suggests that a routine creatinine blood test may help flag people at higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures, revealing a narrow “sweet spot” where ...

A landmark narrative review published in Osteoporosis International reveals critical insights into how diabetes mellitus alters bone microarchitecture and influences fracture risk. University of ...

All women ages 65 and older and at-risk postmenopausal women under 65 should be screened for osteoporosis to prevent fractures, according to a final recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive ...

FRAX®, launched by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases in 2008, calculates 10-year probability of osteoporotic fracture based on scientifically validated clinical risk factors ...

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