osteoporosis

Some drugs used to strengthen bones may increase the risk of an unusual type of fracture if patients take them on a long-term basis for multiple years, a new study shows.

Teeth and gums reveal the inside story of your overall health -- from signs of diabetes to heart disease to osteoporosis.

Find out what your oral health may say about you.

(MedPage Today) -- Patients taking bisphosphonates after hip or knee replacement surgery were only half as likely to need revision procedures within five years as were patients not receiving the drugs, a review of British registry data found.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Food and Drug Administration advisers voted Friday to require makers of widely used osteoporosis drugs to clarify how long patients should take them for the greatest benefit and least risk....

WebMD talks to experts about what it's like to be a man with breast cancer, lupus, or osteoporosis.

(MedPage Today) -- High levels of bone turnover markers may help predict which people are at greatest risk of suffering fragility fractures due to osteoporosis, according to an international team of researchers.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health officials warned doctors and patients Wednesday about an increased risk of thigh fractures with a widely used group of bone-strengthening drugs....

(University of Alberta) Children with celiac disease need to include certain must-have vitamins in their diets to stave off weak bones and osteoporosis, say researchers at the University of Alberta.

When you’re being treated for osteoporosis, a blood or urine test will provide clues or “markers” as to the progress of your treatments.

But, it is important to realize that markers alone cannot indicate whether or not a treatment is working.

(Loyola University Health System) Binge-drinking teenagers may be putting themselves at risk for future osteoporosis and bone fractures.