A recent study points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the ...

Denosumab, an investigational new drug for osteoporosis, increased patients' bone density without causing osteonecrosis of the jaw in a study published online August 11 in the New England Journal of ...

LOS ANGELES - With the launch of the first prescription osteoporosis medication 15 years ago, millions of Americans with the bone-thinning disease began taking the drugs and never looked back. But now ...

TLANTA — For the first time, an osteoporosis drug has reduced deaths and prevented new fractures in elderly patients with broken hips, according to new research. Some experts called the drop in deaths ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women who are at high risk of bone fractures. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new ...

In what will soon be commonplace in drug research, scientists have used an artificial-intelligence algorithmic program to identify a compound, currently used in antimalarial treatment, that can ...

About 36 million people in the United States, mostly women, have or are at risk for osteoporosis. Left untreated, it can be debilitating, painful, and even deadly, but some new, powerful drugs are ...

A proven and effective medication for osteoporosis, which is currently only available as an injection, can be administered orally using a novel "robotic pill," according to a study presented Saturday ...

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration issued a new draft guidance that requires drug manufacturers to conduct long-term nonclinical bone quality studies for osteoporosis treatments. The agency ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors heard sharply different closing arguments on Wednesday in a trial over whether or not Merck & Co's Fosamax drug treatment for osteoporosis caused a Florida woman's jaw ...

Premenopausal women and men with endocrine- or medication-related risks for osteoporosis may be affected, and timely bone ...