Osteoporosis News

Amgen Inc. said its osteoporosis drug candidate denosumab beat a rival drug in reducing and delaying the rate of fractures in men with prostate cancer during a study.

Treatment that slows the production of serotonin in the gut holds promise for an osteoporosis cure.

A once-a-day pill helped completely rebuild bone in rodents with severe osteoporosis, a finding that could lead to a new class of drugs to treat the brittle-bone disease in humans, U.S. researchers said.

An investigational drug that inhibits serotonin synthesis in the gut, administered orally once daily, effectively cured osteoporosis in mice and rats reports an international team led by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center, in the Feb.

Oxnard RSVP has scheduled a workshop to train new RSVP Bone Builders instructors to help meet demand for their popular fall- and osteoporosis-prevention program, which helps build bones while building community within the senior population.

Learn about the prescription medication Fosamax , drug uses, dosage, side effects, drug interactions, warnings, and patient labeling.

Following a legal challenge to the process used to produce NICE's existing guidance on prevention of osteoporotic fractures , the original recommendations remain unchanged in the updated guidance documents published last friday.

Grant Medical Center and the OhioHealth Medical Specialty Foundation opened a practice dedicated to arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones.

Cowichanians will have a new tool to analyze bone loss and osteoporosis starting the week of Feb.

DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 72-year-old female with osteoporosis, for which I take Fosamax; curvature of the spine from childhood; and arthritis in my right knee, right hip and in at least five spots on my spine.

Last weekend at my parents, I had one of those "aha moments." As I got up to leave, my mom followed me to the door and as we hugged, all of a sudden I blurted out, "Mom, when did you get so short?" My mom laughed and said, "That, my dear, is just one of the many exciting things that comes along with aging; it's called osteoporosis." As soon as I ...

I am a 72-year-old female with osteoporosis, for which I take Fosamax; curvature of the spine from childhood; and arthritis in my right knee, right hip and in at least five spots on my spine.

Amgen Inc issued a 2010 forecast on Monday that showed potential to exceed Wall Street expectations, but the company's slightly higher fourth-quarter profit came in shy of analyst estimates primarily due to higher expenses.

Dubravko Pavlin, D.M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of orthodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas, talks about a study looking at a new device designed to shorten the length of time a patient has to wear braces.

Dropping just 5% of your body weight also drops your risk of arthritis. Getting older doesn't doom us to poor health.

Connie Mensing figured it was just one of those things when she fell in January of 2008 and broke her wrist.

'Osteoporosis is a major public health threat for an estimated 44 million Americans,' according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, www.nof.org. Osteoporosis is porous bone, and is associated with the deterioration of bone tissue over time, leading to fragile bones.

Dr. Susan L. Hall is a preventive medicine physician and a bone medical scientist at Loma Linda University and the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have never written to you before, but I have never seen much from you about Forteo.

Mike Catausan, MD, family practice physician, rang in the New Year with a new piece of technology that will enhance his wellness services for patients.