Osteoporosis News

September 30, 2023

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New Method Offers Hope of Fewer Fractures

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 researchers who are behind a new 3D-simulation ...

A Quick and Inexpensive Test for Osteoporosis Risk

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 -- when treatment might offer the greatest benefit -- ...

Osteoporosis Treatments May Benefit from Discovery of Key Driver of Low Bone Density

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 osteoporosis. The findings reveal that loss of an ...

Miniature 'Bone Marrows in a Dish' to Improve Anti-Cancer Treatments

Nov. 15, 2022 — Scientists have made bone marrow 'organoids' that capture the key features of human bone ...

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Is Bone Health Linked to Brain Health?

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 ...

Air Pollution Speeds Bone Loss from Osteoporosis

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 ...

Enzyme Inhibition Promotes Bone Formation and Curbs the Development of Bone Metastases

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 ...

New Oral Compound May Help Prevent and Treat Osteoporosis, Researchers Find

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 ...

Anthropologists Find New Ways Female Bones Are Permanently Altered After Giving Birth

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 ...

High-Fat Diets Trigger Inflammatory Immune Cell Generation in Bone

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 ...

Researchers Identify a Drug That Mimics the Effects of Exercise on Muscle and Bone in Mice

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) ...

High Blood Pressure May Accelerate Bone Aging

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 ...

New Model Can Predict Best Drug Combinations for Osteoporosis

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 ...

Space Travel: Bone Aging in Fast Forward

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 ...

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Maintaining the Right Niche for Blood Cell Development

June 9, 2022 — Researchers have identified the role of transcription factors Runx1 and Runx2 in the inhibition of fibrosis, the abnormal build-up of connective tissue with severe hematopoietic defects, in the bone ...

Bone, Heal Thyself: Toward Ceramics Tailored for Optimized Bone Self-Repair

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 ...

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals May Impair Bone Health in Male Teens

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 ...

Levels of a Certain Hormone Could Predict or Detect Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women

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 ...

Make No Bones About It: How Our Bodies Shift Between Making Bones and Breaking Them Down

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 ...

Harnessing Vaccine Technology to Heal Bone

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. ...

Men With High Levels of Body Fat May Be at Risk for Osteoporosis

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 ...

Eating Prunes May Help Protect Against Bone Loss in Older Women

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 ...

Potential Target for Treating Osteoporosis

Feb. 8, 2022 — Channels on the surface of bone cells called osteocytes help build stronger bones in response to mechanical stress, shows a new ...

New Target May Help Protect Bones as We Age

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 ...

Obesity Raises the Risk of Gum Disease by Inflating Growth of Bone-Destroying Cells

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 ...

Bone Mineral Density Decreases Less Than Expected After Menopause

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 ...

Bone-Loss Discovery Points to New Treatment for Osteoporosis

Oct. 14, 2021 — A new discovery about osteoporosis suggests a potential treatment target for that brittle-bone disease and for bone loss from rheumatoid ...

Stem Cell Population Identified That Is Key for Bone Regeneration

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 ...

Fountain of Youth for Aging Stem Cells in Bone Marrow

Sep. 14, 2021 — Epigenetic changes in old age increase risk of osteoporosis and bone ...

Cognitive Decline May Help Predict Future Fracture Risk in Women

July 21, 2021 — A 16-year study has revealed a link between cognitive decline, bone loss and fracture risk in ...

Drug Doubles Down on Bone Cancer, Metastasis

June 23, 2021 — Researchers develop an antibody conjugate called BonTarg that delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits ...

Study Finds Women With Osteoporosis and Low Bone Density Are at Increased Risk of Hearing Loss

May 24, 2021 — Researchers found that risk of subsequent moderate or worse hearing loss was up to 40 percent higher in study participants with osteoporosis or ...

Thin and Brittle Bones Strongly Linked to Women's Heart Disease Risk

May 6, 2021 — Thin and brittle bones are strongly linked to women's heart disease risk, with thinning of the lower (lumbar) spine, top of the thigh bone (femoral neck), and hip especially predictive of a ...

New Map Reveals Genes That Control the Skeleton

May 5, 2021 — New research has now mapped the unique genetic profile of the skeleton's 'master regulator' cells, known as ...

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