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Calculator uses readily available clinical factors and will soon be freely accessible.

“Daily soft drink consumption is associated with a high risk of fractures in adults,” said experts. 

Extension trial gives insight into treatment order for a little-studied population of premenopausal women.

From a persons twenties to their eighties, the increased risk of fracture after a prior fracture may not be significantly different.

In the absence of a randomized comparison trial on fracture risk reduction, researchers use negative control outcome to compare the two drugs.

Molly Giles was standing in her kitchen one spring night in 2019, musing about whether to do the dishes or leave them until the morning, when a bone in her left leg snapped and she crashed to the ground, breaking her hip. "I passed out, and I'm pretty sure I would have died if my partner hadn't been there and called 911," the Northern California novelist recalls.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Gile...

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In contrast to other recommendations, the guideline makes suggestions for screening and treating men for fracture risk.

Factoring in a patients trabecular bone score may alter treatment decisions.

Researchers have developed artificial intelligence that can predict a patients risk of dying in the years following a hip fracture. It could help physicians improve postoperative care.