Rates of osteoporosis are about three times higher in women compared to men. Osteoporotic bones are much more fragile and likely to break after a fall, hence the higher rate of hip fracture in ...
Researchers have combined injections of a novel hydrogel with systemic osteoporosis drugs in rats, achieving rapid local increases in bone density. The results offer hope for future fracture ...
A study in France has found that pamidronate (a bone antiresorptive agent) provides rapid and sustained pain relief in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), although ...