Osteoporosis News
April 24, 2024
Top Headlines
Feb. 21, 2024 — With ever-increasing life expectancy comes the challenge of treating age-related disorders such as osteoporosis. Although there are effective drugs for treating this metabolic bone disease, they can be expensive and have side effects, limiting their ...
Dec. 1, 2023 — A major clinical trial has found that vitamin D supplements do not increase bone strength or prevent bone fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The findings challenge widely held perceptions relating to the effects of vitamin D on bone ...
Oct. 26, 2023 — Research finds an overlap in the mechanism of hair color determination and bone resorption, which is associated with bone related diseases like osteoporosis. The findings revealed that proteins named Rab32 and Rab38 play pivotal roles in bone ...
Oct. 26, 2023 — Imaging technology shows that bone-resorbing osteoclasts gather in distinct pockets, leading to new insights for osteoporosis and cancer ...
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Oct. 18, 2023 — Artificial intelligence has exploded in popularity and is being harnessed by some scientists to predict which molecules could treat illnesses, or to quickly screen existing medicines for new ...
Sep. 13, 2023 — Thousands of people could be spared from a hip fracture each year if a new method to identify the risk of osteoporotic fractures were to be introduced in healthcare. This is the view of the ...
July 19, 2023 — As life expectancy increases worldwide, age-associated diseases such as osteoporosis are having an increasing impact. Although early detection could help physicians intervene as soon as possible -- ...
Apr. 19, 2023 — Scientists have pinpointed a key driver of low bone density, a discovery that may lead to improved treatments with fewer side effects for women with ...
Mar. 22, 2023 — People who have low bone density may have an increased risk of developing dementia compared to people who have higher bone density. The study does not prove that low bone density causes dementia. It ...
Feb. 21, 2023 — Elevated levels of air pollutants are associated with bone damage among postmenopausal women, according to new research. The effects were most evident on the lumbar spine, with nitrous oxides twice ...
Dec. 20, 2022 — In our bones, specialized cells called osteoblasts are responsible for building up bone substance. A team of researchers has now identified an enzyme ...
Dec. 6, 2022 — Researchers identified an oral compound that influences components of the parathyroid hormone signaling pathway to increase bone formation and bone mass in ...
Nov. 15, 2022 — Scientists have made bone marrow 'organoids' that capture the key features of human bone ...
Nov. 1, 2022 — Reproduction permanently alters females' bones in ways not previously known, a team of anthropologists has found. Its discovery, based on an analysis ...
Earlier Headlines
Sep. 20, 2022 — Scientists have shown that high-fat diets can cause rapid changes in the bone marrow of mice, driving the production of inflammatory immune cells, according to new ...
Sep. 13, 2022 — Researchers have developed a novel screening method to identify a drug that mimics the effects of exercise on muscle and bone. Locamidazole (LAMZ) improved muscle width and function and promoted bone ...
Sep. 7, 2022 — A new study in mice found that hypertension may be linked to significant bone loss. Bone quality in young mice with high blood pressure was similar to the bones of older mice without high blood ...
Aug. 9, 2022 — Scientists have developed a new mathematical model that may help clinicians decide on the best combination of osteoporosis medications for patients and the order in which they should be ...
July 29, 2022 — Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age prematurely by up to 10 years, according to new research. Adapted training programs ...
June 3, 2022 — Researchers have determined chemical parameters that affect the rate of calcium phosphate ceramic conversion into hydroxyapatite in a simulated body fluid. Shorter carbon chain lengths in the ...
May 3, 2022 — Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and phthalates (two types of endocrine-disrupting chemicals) may be associated with lower bone mineral density in male teens, according to a new ...
Apr. 4, 2022 — Physicians may be able to determine if menopause-related bone loss is already in progress or about to begin by measuring the level of a hormone called anti-Mullerian hormone that declines as women ...
Feb. 24, 2022 — What determines the switch from bone formation to resorption has been unclear. Researchers show that intercellular communication via extracellular vesicles from bone-making osteoblasts is a key ...
Feb. 16, 2022 — To enhance the regeneration of bone, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2, or BMP-2. However, it is expensive and only moderately effective. ...
Feb. 10, 2022 — Men with high levels of body fat have lower bone density and may be more likely to break a bone than those with normal levels of body fat, according to a new ...
Feb. 9, 2022 — Researchers found that prunes can help prevent or delay bone loss in postmenopausal women, possibly due to their ability to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, both of which contribute to bone ...
Feb. 8, 2022 — Channels on the surface of bone cells called osteocytes help build stronger bones in response to mechanical stress, shows a new ...
Jan. 5, 2022 — Drugs we take like prednisone can weaken our bones and so can aging, and scientists working to prevent both have some of the first evidence that the best target may not be the logical one. They are ...
Nov. 12, 2021 — Chronic inflammation caused by obesity may trigger the development of cells that break down bone tissue, including the bone that holds teeth in place, according to new research that sought to improve ...
Oct. 27, 2021 — Bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone in postmenopausal women decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, according to a new study. Being the world's hitherto longest ...
Oct. 14, 2021 — A new discovery about osteoporosis suggests a potential treatment target for that brittle-bone disease and for bone loss from rheumatoid ...
Oct. 8, 2021 — Researchers have identified a subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells in the bone marrow that express the marker CD73. These cells have a higher potential for proliferation and differentiation, and ...
Sep. 14, 2021 — Epigenetic changes in old age increase risk of osteoporosis and bone ...
July 21, 2021 — A 16-year study has revealed a link between cognitive decline, bone loss and fracture risk in ...