Osteoporosis has long been recognized as a disease affecting postmenopausal women but it has become increasingly clear that men are affected by low bone density and suffer the consequences of ...

Long-term bisphosphonate therapy can change bones at the microscopic level to make them more susceptible to the rare catastrophic transverse breaks known as atypical femoral fractures (AFFs), ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine's New Bolton Center have planned a multidisciplinary study to explore the effects of the combined use of Lasix and ...

In recent years, women who start taking bisphosphonates (BPs) to treat osteoporosis and prevent fracture have trended from younger to older and from having osteopenia to having osteoporosis, ...

Bisphosphonates are effective in reducing hip and osteoporotic fractures. However, concerns about atypical femur fractures have contributed to substantially decreased bisphosphonate use, and the ...

Bisphosphonates are prescription drugs that improve bone density. They’re used to treat several conditions associated with bone loss, including osteoporosis, and to reduce the risk of fractures.

A new study was published on the use of hair as a matrix for the long-term detection of bisphosphonates in horses. The study was in response to a special call for bisphosphonate research by ...

SEATTLE -- Risk of death was lower in the years after a bisphosphonate was started following a fracture rather than denosumab (Prolia), a target trial emulation found. In adults ages 50 and older who ...

May 13, 2011— -- Many doctors are changing the prescribing length of a class of osteoporosis medication known as bisphosphonates after mounting evidence has linked long-term use of the medication ...

Bisphosphonates are popular bone-targeting drugs. Older people take them to prevent and treat osteoporosis. Breast cancer patients, particularly those with metastatic disease, take them to prevent and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The reduced risks for osteoporotic and hip fractures with bisphosphonate therapy outweigh increased risk for ...