Osteoporosis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Osteoporosis, including details on symptoms, treatment, prevention, causes.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 5 (May)

1. Primary pedicle screw augmentation in osteoporotic lumbar vertebrae: biomechanical analysis of pedicle fixation strength.
   Spine, 32(10): 1077-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Changes of pulmonary function for patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures after kyphoplasty.
   J Spinal Disord Tech, 20(3): 221-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Bazedoxifene: a third-generation selective estrogen receptor modulator for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
   Ann Pharmacother, 41(5): 833-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Quantitative ultrasound predicts hip and non-spine fracture in men: the MrOS study.
   Osteoporos Int, 18(6): 771-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Non-compliance: the Achilles' heel of anti-fracture efficacy.
   Osteoporos Int, 18(6): 711-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Enhanced prediction of fracture risk combining vertebral fracture status and BMD.
   Osteoporos Int, 18(6): 761-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Differentiation between post-menopausal women with and without hip fractures: enhanced evaluation of clinical DXA by topological analysis of the mineral distribution in the scan images.
   Osteoporos Int, 18(6): 779-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Fracture risk and antiresorptive medication use in older women in the USA.
   Osteoporos Int, 18(6): 805-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Effect of early menopause on bone mineral density and fractures.
   Menopause, 14(3): 567-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Once-yearly zoledronic acid for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
    N Engl J Med, 356(18): 1809-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Low-level accelerations applied in the absence of weight bearing can enhance trabecular bone formation.
    J Orthop Res, 25(6): 732-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Early and rapid bone mineral density loss of the proximal femur in men.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 92(5): 1902-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Relationship of obesity with osteoporosis.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 92(5): 1640-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The effects of short-term hormone replacement therapy on long-term bone mineral density.
    Climacteric, 10(3): 257-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The long-term effect of raloxifene on the genitourinary tract.
    Climacteric, 10(3): 244-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Vitamin D inadequacy in Belgian postmenopausal osteoporotic women.
    BMC Public Health, 7: 64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Secondary hyperparathyroidism due to hypovitaminosis D affects bone mineral density response to alendronate in elderly women with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 55(5): 752-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Therapeutic adherence to bisphosphonates.
    Biomed Pharmacother, 61(4): 191-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. HLA alleles as predisposal factors for postmenopausal osteoporosis in a Greek population.
    Tissue Antigens, 69(6): 592-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Structural model for osteoporosis preventing behavior in postmenopausal women.
    Nurs Res, 56(3): 148-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Association between African American race/ethnicity and low bone mineral density in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.
    Arthritis Rheum, 57(4): 585-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the stand-alone augmentation of osteoporosis-induced vertebral compression fractures: present status and future directions.
    J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater, 81(2): 371-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A captive audience: a pilot study of screening and counseling hospitalized women for fracture risk.
    J Gen Intern Med, 22(6): 830-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Devising global strategies for fracture-risk evaluation.
    Joint Bone Spine, 74(3): 240-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Evaluation of macrostructural bone biomechanics.
    Joint Bone Spine, 74(3): 233-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Transpedicle body augmenter in painful osteoporotic compression fractures.
    Eur Spine J, 16(5): 589-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Overexpression of gamma-glutamyltransferase in transgenic mice accelerates bone resorption and causes osteoporosis.
    Endocrinology, 148(6): 2708-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Rosiglitazone induces decreases in bone mass and strength that are reminiscent of aged bone.
    Endocrinology, 148(6): 2669-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Comparisons of bone mass measurements on various skeletal sites including quantitative ultrasonography of the calcaneus for assessing age-related losses, their correlations, and diagnostic agreement using the Japanese and WHO criteria for osteoporosis.
    Radiat Med, 25(4): 148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Update on the use of bisphosphonates in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis by obstetricians-gynecologists.
    Obstet Gynecol Surv, 62(6): 407-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Treatment of painful osteoporotic or traumatic vertebral compression fractures by percutaneous vertebral augmentation procedures: a nonrandomized comparison between vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
    Clin J Pain, 23(5): 425-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Regionally specific compensation for bone loss in the tibial trabeculae of estrogen-deficient rats.
    Acta Radiol, 48(5): 531-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Use of bone health protocol to identify and prevent bone disease in kidney and pancreas transplant recipients.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(6): 944-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Association of KIT gene polymorphisms with bone mineral density in postmenopausal Korean women.
    J Hum Genet, 52(6): 502-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Genetic determination in onset age of wrist fracture.
    J Hum Genet, 52(6): 481-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Update on therapy for osteoporosis.
    Orthop Nurs, 26(3): 162-6; quiz 167-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Depressive symptoms and rates of bone loss at the hip in older women.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 55(6): 824-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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