Search results for "Fracture risk"
Physical activity in women may reduce risk for some fractures over time
An analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative found that total physical activity in postmenopausal women was inversely associated with risk of total and hip fracture but positively associated with risk of knee fracture over 14 years of follow-up.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/29/2.htm
29 Oct 2019
Canagliflozin may not increase fracture risk in patients at low risk for fractures
Although canagliflozin has been linked to decreased bone mineral density, patients with type 2 diabetes who initiated the drug had similar risk of a first fracture as those who started a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/08/2.htm
8 Jan 2019
Association between antidepressants and hip fracture in elderly patients may not be causal
Antidepressant users had more than twice as many hip fractures as nonusers, but this was true both in the year before and the year after starting antidepressant therapy, and the association was strongest immediately before antidepressant initiation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/08/1.htm
8 Jan 2019
High-dose vitamin D may make falls, fractures more likely
High-dose vitamin D may make falls, fractures more likely
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/18/4.htm
18 May 2010