Instead, they recommended a shift towards fracture prevention via prevention ... with a bone mineral density T score at the lumbar spine, femoral neck, or total hip that was lower than 0 (scores ...

Using data from 638,999 patients, a new study by a research team at the Warren Alpert Medical School found that the incidence ...

For early postmenopausal women, zoledronate administered at baseline and 5 years is effective for preventing morphometric vertebral fracture.

Exclusion criteria were a T score of −2.5 or less at any of these sites, any major systemic illness or metabolic bone disease, a previous clinical spine or hip fracture, use of any ...

At least 1 in 5 women older than 50 in the U.S. have osteoporosis, but many don’t realize it ... symptoms until someone fractures a bone, usually in the hip, wrist or spine.

with bone mineral density T scores lower than 0 and higher than −2.5 at the lumbar spine, femoral neck, or hip. Participants were randomly assigned to receive an infusion of zoledronate (5 mg ...