After stopping menopausal hormone therapy, women have a period of increased fracture risk that resolves long term.

Antihypertensive Medication and Fracture Risk in Older Veterans Health Administration Nursing Home Residents. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0507 ...

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Ahead of the trial, researchers estimated that the testosterone group would have a 30% lower risk of fracture than the placebo group, according to the paper’s authors, led by Peter Snyder, the ...

A new study has found that the bone fracture protection women get from menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, also known as HRT) ...

New evidence indicates that older adults taking blood pressure medications have more than double the risk of bone fractures. The findings come from Rutgers Health researchers, who analyzed data ...

Hormone therapy for menopause lowers fracture risk during use, but this protection fades after stopping treatment.

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Records from nearly 30,000 nursing home residents indicate that blood pressure medications more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures, according to Rutgers Health research.

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