Bone health is assessed by bone mineral density (BMD). Other techniques such as trabecular bone score and microindentation could improve the risk of fracture’s estimation. Our chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients presented worse bone health … Leer más
This study aimed to analyse the association of different components of physical fitness, body composition, cardiometabolic markers and the Mediterranean diet with bone mineral density (BMD) in perimenopausal women, and to test which of these … Leer más
Osteoporosis has become an emerging comorbid condition in people living with HIV (PLWH). The increase in survival and the progressive aging of PLWH will make this complication more frequent in the near future. In addition … Leer más
Denosumab, a monoclonal antibody to the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL), might be a novel preventative therapy for BRCA1-mutation carriers at high risk of developing breast cancer. They propose that breast epithelium-specific mono-allelic … Leer más
N Engl J Med. 2017 May 4;376(18):1794-1795. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1612804 Más información Roca-Ayats N, Balcells S, Garcia-Giralt N, Falcó-Mascaró M, Martínez-Gil N, Abril JF, Urreizti R, Dopazo J, Quesada-Gómez JM, Nogués X, Mellibovsky L, Prieto-Alhambra D, … Leer más
The relative efficacy and harms of balloon kyphoplasty (BK) for treating vertebral compression fractures (VCF) are uncertain. The clinical importance of the greater improvements with BK versus NSM is unclear, may be due to placebo … Leer más
J Bone Miner Res. 2017 May;32(5):889-891. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3141. Epub 2017 Apr 6. Más información Delgado-Calle J, Bellido T.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by degenerative changes in the whole joint leading to physical disability in the elderly population. This condition is associated with altered bone metabolism in subchondral areas suggesting that therapeutic strategies aimed … Leer más
If oversuppression of bone turnover explained the association between bisphosphonate use and atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures (AFF), this could be reversed with anabolic treatment such as teriparatide. They conducted a prospective, open-label study in patients … Leer más
Bone has recently emerged as a pleiotropic endocrine organ that secretes at least two hormones, FGF23 and osteocalcin, which regulate kidney function and glucose homeostasis, respectively. These findings have raised the question of whether other … Leer más
