Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by ...
These tools are FRAX®, Study of Osteoporosis Fractures (SOF) and QFractureâ„¢. Both the FRAX and SOF models have demonstrated that older people with low bone density and a history of fragility ...
A genetic analysis suggests that a rare form of osteoporosis may be partly caused by disruptions to the hormone melatonin. The exact cause of idiopathic osteoporosis is unknown, but it appears to ...
Clinicians have called for a national osteoporosis strategy after new research showed up to 70 per cent of patients are not receiving appropriate treatment, and that osteoporotic fractures are one ...
Based on this, it can be assumed that ronacaleret will have an important role in the treatment of osteoporosis. However, a Phase II study in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis was discontinued ...