Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by decreased bone density and strength, leading to fragile, brittle bones that ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients with acute pain from osteoporosis damage to the spine don't experience any more relief from surgery to inject cement into cracked or broken vertebrae than they would with a ...

Osteoporosis decreases the strength of bones thus predisposing them to break. It occurs in both genders, but in women, it is riskier due to hormonal alteration due to menopause, which causes estrogen ...

Vertebroplasty (surgery to repair spinal fractures) is no more effective for pain relief than a sham (placebo) procedure in older patients with osteoporosis, finds a new published trial.

Given the prevalence of osteoporosis and its potentially life-changing consequences, CU Anschutz physicians are developing ways to identify and treat osteoporosis earlier to improve health outcomes ...

Osteoporosis sufferer Virginia Klucikowski, an 87-year-old retired school nurse from Evergreen Park, Ill., and cancer patient David Sepulveda, a 65-year-old worker for the Chicago Transit Authority, ...

After suffering weeks of back pain so severe that she could not walk, 61-year-old Laura Cicale of Phillipsburg, N.J., got instant relief from two small incisions, a balloon-tipped catheter and an ...

An X-ray guided injection of synthetic bone cement into fractured pelvic bones may provide rapid and safe pain relief to osteoporosis patients with low back pain, according to a new multicenter pilot ...

For patients contemplating spinal fusion surgery to alleviate pain, bone health is an important consideration. If a patient is found to have low bone density prior to surgery, it could affect the ...