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How Much Sun Exposure Do You Need for Optimal Vitamin D Status?
Vitamin D is essential for health and well-being. This fat-soluble vitamin enhances calcium absorption, healthy muscle function, and helps preserve bone health and prevent...
2 days ago - Cathe Friedrich - 2 articles
Electronic cigarette use linked with higher prevalence of fragility fractures
While conventional cigarette smoking is an established risk factor for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture, the effects of electronic cigarette use on bone health have not...
8 days ago - News Medical
Bisphosphonate therapy may prevent fracture in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Despite potential side effects, bisphosphonate therapy may benefit postmenopausal women with osteoporosis by preventing fractures, according to a study published in JAMA...
8 days ago - Healio
Bisphosphonate Therapy and Fracture Prevention: How Long Does It Take?
About a year was determined to be the minimal timing of bisphosphonate therapy for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis to reap a benefit, according to a...
9 days ago - MedPageToday
Early intervention 'cornerstone' to managing pediatric glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Early identification and timely intervention are key to treating children with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, a preventive strategy outlined in five important principles...
13 days ago - Healio
How Long Should You Take Certain Osteoporosis Drugs?
According to an FDA review, further investigation is needed on the long-term risks and benefits of bisphosphonates, drugs used to treat osteoporosis.
1 month ago - NCCIH
Top in endocrinology: Vitamin D3 and fracture risk, bone loss in young women
A new analysis of the VITAL trial showed that vitamin D3 supplementation did not significantly reduce fracture risk compared with placebo in adults without vitamin D deficiency...
1 month ago - Healio
Bone mineral density in patients with single ventricle
The accrual of bone mineral density during childhood and adolescence is important because once peak BMD is achieved in early adulthood it declines from there. If peak BMD is...
1 month ago - The Journal of Pediatrics
Expanding Obesity Coverage; Tymlos for Male Osteoporosis; T1D Stem Cell Tx Success
If pushed through, the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act would expand access to obesity treatment, using Medicare Part D to cover anti-obesity medication and behavioral therapy...
1 month ago - MedPageToday - 2 articles
Evaluate both fracture, mortality risks to inform osteoporosis treatment for older men
Fracture and mortality risks for men aged 80 years or older have different profiles, and an assessment of both could help to inform osteoporosis drug treatment decisions...
1 month ago - Healio - 2 articles
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