Osteoporosis
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USPSTF: Insufficient evidence to judge vitamin supplements
Major Finding: Current evidence is still insufficient to recommend for or against the use of multivitamins, individual vitamins and minerals, or...
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Romosozumab boosts bone density while cutting resorption
Major finding: Women who received the highest monthly dose of romosozumab showed a mean increase in BMD of 11.3% at the lumbar spine, 4.1% at the...
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No survival benefit to bisphosphonate in chemoresistant breast cancer
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Bone mineral density identifies fracture risk in women over 65
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Follow-up bone mineral density didn’t sharpen fracture risk assessment
Major finding: A second bone mineral density test 4 years after an initial test was not useful in refining the prediction of major fractures and...
Conference Coverage
Switching nonadherent to denosumab improved bone density
Major finding: Bone density increased at 1 year by 2.3% and 2% in the hip, 1.7% and 1.5% at the femoral neck, and 4% and 3.5% at the spine on...
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Fracture risk varied by renal function equations
Major finding: Fracture risk doubled in women with mild renal dysfunction as assessed by the Cockroft-Gault equation but not when renal function...
Conference Coverage
When prescribed by mail, vitamin D compliance is low
Major finding: Roughly half of 338 osteopenic women completed a 6-month vitamin D protocol, and just over half of those who did hit the target of...
Commentary
Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
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Abdominal, thoracic CT scans reliably detect incidental low lumbar BMD
Major Finding: Conventional abdominal and CT scans performed for various indications were more accurate than DXA at assessing lumbar BMD and...