10/03/2010 | Once yearly intravenous zolendronate is associated with a higher rate of fractures in patients with osteoporosis compared to treatment with weekly bisphosphonates, a study by a Sydney rheumatologist finds.
10/03/2010 | Combined oral contraceptive use is associated with higher bone mass in pre-menopausal women, an Australian study has found.
23/02/2010 | Most patients on long-term bisphosphonate therapy should be offered time off treatment, a personal perspective concludes.
18/02/2010 | Doctors are calling for osteoporosis therapy to be given higher priority after a report found more than 40% of patients are not adhering to their treatments and most high-risk patients are not being identified.
16/12/2009 | Elderly people may be able to reduce their risk of falls with a dance-based video game designed to improve their balance.
19/11/2009 | Australian researchers have found more than half of all low-trauma fractures occur in older women with osteopaenia and not osteoporosis.
02/11/2009 | The decision to list vertebroplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures on the Medicare Benefits Schedule will be reviewed by the Medical Services Advisory Committee later this year, an editorial in the MJA states.
21/10/2009 | Bisphosphonate use is associated with double the risk of transverse minimal trauma femoral fracture, suggesting that the drugs may change the fracture type rather than just reduce it, a study from the Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute has found.
23/09/2009 | Being a former or current smoker is associated with increased annual loss of medial knee cartilage volume and an over 11 times greater risk of bone marrow lesions (BMLs) that last longer than two years, an Australian study finds.
03/09/2009 | The large Geelong Osteoporosis Study has provided unique data establishing reference ranges for bone mineral density at multiple anatomical sites in men.