Diabetologia) The COVID-19 pandemic also meant that a lot of people delayed their DXA scans and osteoporosis infusions, a study showed. "Despite Medicare allowing greater flexibility for home administration of injectable medication, some 39% of survey respondents were either not sure about the new arrangement or would not consider using this option," said senior author Susan Greenspan, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh, in a statement. ( Osteoporosis International) Chinese adults might bear the brunt of a higher body mass index compared with other ethnicities. "Our study demonstrated that Chinese adults were more susceptible to the effects of overall obesity and abdominal fat accumulation on blood pressure and triglycerides than those in other racial and ethnic populations," said Weiqing Wang, MD, PhD, of the Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine in China. (