This work provides a systematic review of the literature from January 2003 to April 2014
pertaining to the incidence, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of osteonecrosis of the …

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) has been associated with antiresorptive therapy in both
oncology and osteoporosis patients. This debilitating condition is very rare and advances in …

Osteoporosis‐related fractures are undertreated, due in part to misinformation about
recommended approaches to patient care and discrepancies among treatment guidelines. To help …

Background The association between obesity and fracture risk may be skeletal site- and sex-specific
but results among studies are inconsistent. Whilst several studies reported higher …

High‐resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR‐pQCT) is a noninvasive
imaging modality for assessing volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and …

Osteoporotic fractures were found to have long-term consequences on excess mortality (10
years) and economic costs (5 years). The large burden of nonhip nonvertebral fractures has …

Context: Type 2 diabetes is associated with a higher risk for major osteoporotic fracture (MOF)
and hip fracture than predicted by the World Health Organization fracture risk assessment (…

Background Describing the prevalence and trends of cardiometabolic risk factors that are
associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is crucial for monitoring progress, …

Although increasing body weight has been regarded as protective against osteoporosis and
fractures, there is accumulating evidence that fat mass adversely affects skeletal health …

Prior high-trauma fractures identified through health services data are associated with low
bone mineral density (BMD) and future fracture risk to the same extent as fractures without …