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Objective To investigate whether supplementing older adults with monthly doses of vitamin D alters the incidence of major cardiovascular events. Design Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of monthly vitamin D (the D-Health Trial). Computer generated permuted block randomisation was used to allocate treatments. Setting Australia from 2014 to 2020. Participants 21 315 participants aged 60-84 years at enrolment. Exclusion criteria were self-reported hypercalcaemia, hyperparathyroidism, kidney stones, osteomalacia, sarcoidosis, taking >500 IU/day supplemental vitamin D, or unab...

This algorithm looks promising and would alert clinicians to often-missed patients with high fracture risk who need to be investigated for osteoporosis, an observer says, but it needs further validation.

Greater efforts 'are needed to prevent hip fractures and improve the treatment gap and post-fracture care, especially in men and the oldest old,' say researchers.

Researchers call for a fresh look at how obesity affects bone health in light of the association between fat mass and fracture risk.

'Although the average bone loss was 10.1%...there is a significant variation in the bone loss rate. Women with fast bone loss should receive special attention,' researchers report.