Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Osteoporosis

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Calcium and vitamin D for corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
    • Calcitonin for preventing and treating corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
  • International Osteoporosis Foundation
    • Recommendations for the registration of agents for prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: an update from the Group for the Respect of Ethics and Excellence in Science [2008]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: a systematic review and cost–utility analysis [2007]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • American College of Rheumatology 2010 recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. [2010]
• Articles in journals
  • BMB Reports
    • New understanding of glucocorticoid action in bone cells [2010]
  • Chest
    • Recognizing and Treating Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in Patients With Pulmonary Diseases [2004]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • How to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis [2010]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • The Role of Parathyroid Hormone in the Pathogenesis of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: A Re-Examination of the Evidence [2002]
  • Molecular Endocrinology
    • Minireview: Live and Let Die: Molecular Effects of Glucocorticoids on Bone Cells [2009]
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
    • Use of corticosteroids in nephrology — risk and prevention of osteoporosis induction [2000]
  • Rheumatology
    • Management of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis [2002]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis

Male osteoporosis

• Canada
  • BC Cancer Agency
    • Osteoporosis Screening Guidelines
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Bone loss (therapy-induced) in non-metastatic prostate cancer - denosumab (terminated appraisal) [2010]
• United States of America
  • American College of Physicians
    • Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline [2008]
    • Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Screening for osteoporosis in men: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians [2008]
    • Risk factor assessment for osteoporosis and/or increased fracture risk in men. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Osteoporosis in Men [2003]
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
    • Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis [2008]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Osteoporosis from androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer treatment [2006]
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • Does Alendronate reduce the risk of fracture in men? A meta-analysis incorporating prior knowledge of anti-fracture efficacy in women [2005]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Osteoporosis screening for men: Are family physicians following the guidelines? [2008]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Management of osteoporosis in men: an update and case example [2007]
  • Clinical Cancer Research
    • Treatment-Related Osteoporosis in Men with Prostate Cancer [2006]
  • Clinical Interventions in Aging
    • The osteoporotic male: Overlooked and undermanaged? [2009]
    • Management of osteoporosis in the aging male: Focus on zoledronic acid [2009]
  • Endocrine Reviews
    • Androgens and Bone [2004]
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Osteoporosis and male age-related hypogonadism: role of sex steroids on bone (patho)physiology [2006]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Update in Male Osteoporosis [2010]
    • Testosterone Use in Men and Its Effects on Bone Health. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials [2006]
    • Aromatase Activity and Bone Homeostasis in Men [2004]
    • Estrogen and the Male Skeleton [2002]
  • Journal of Endocrinology
    • Osteoporosis in men: a cellular endocrine perspective of an increasingly common clinical problem [2001]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Maintaining bone health in patients with prostate cancer [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis

• Australia
  • Osteoporosis Australia
    • Health Professional Research and Position Papers
• Canada
  • Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee - British Columbia
    • Osteoporosis: Diagnosis, treatment and fracture prevention [2011]
  • Osteoporosis Canada
    • 2010 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada [2010]
• Europe
  • European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
    • European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women [2008]
    • Publications
• International
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Management of osteoporosis in children [2008]
  • International Osteoporosis Foundation
    • Publications, position and consensus statements
  • Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
    • Middle East and North Africa consensus on osteoporosis [2007]
• Malaysia
  • Malaysian Osteoporosis Society
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Osteoporosis [2001]
• New Zealand
  • Osteoporosis New Zealand
    • Recommendations for the Management of Osteoporosis [2007]
• Saudi Arabia
  • Annals of Saudi Medicine
    • Updated Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis: A Local Perspective [2011]
• South Africa
  • Department of Health South Africa
    • National Guideline on Management of Osteoporosis at Hospital Level Preventative Measures at primary Level [2001]
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Osteoporosis in South Africa [2005]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Osteoporosis - prevention, diagnosis and treatment [2003]
• United Kingdom
  • National Osteoporosis Guideline Group
    • Downloads
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of Osteoporosis [2007]
• United States of America
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
    • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Guidelines for Clinical Practice for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis [2010]
  • Lab Tests Online - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    • Osteoporosis
  • Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium
    • Management and Prevention of Osteoporosis [2010]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement [2011]
    • Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society [2010]
    • Bone health. In: Menopause and osteoporosis update 2009. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2009]
    • Osteoporosis. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2004]
    • Management of osteoporosis. A national clinical guideline. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network [2003]
  • North American Menopause Society
    • Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society [2010]
  • Office of the Surgeon General
    • Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General [2004]
    • Report of the Surgeon General’s Workshop on Osteoporosis and Bone Health [2003]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO scientific group on the assessment of osteoporosis at primary health care level [2007]
    • Prevention and management of osteoporosis: report of a WHO scientific group [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis [2009]
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Developments in the scientific understanding of osteoporosis [2009]
    • Mechanisms of bone loss in inflammatory arthritis: diagnosis and therapeutic implications [2000]
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • Systematic assessment of the quality of osteoporosis guidelines [2002]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Osteoporosis in children: 2002 guidelines do not apply [2003]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • Managing osteoporosis: Challenges and strategies [2009]
  • Clinical Interventions in Aging
    • Diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in the older senior [2009]
  • Clinical Medicine & Research
    • Lactoferrin - A Novel Bone Growth Factor [2005]
  • Endocrine Reviews
    • Insights into Material and Structural Basis of Bone Fragility from Diseases Associated with Fractures: How Determinants of the Biomechanical Properties of Bone Are Compromised by Disease [2007]
  • European Cells and Materials
    • Glutamate signalling and its potential application to tissue engineering of bone [2004]
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Approach to the patient with secondary osteoporosis [2010]
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • Osteoporosis in Pediatrics [2003]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Update in Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disorders [2007]
    • Estrogen Receptor-Related Receptor {alpha}: A Mediator of Estrogen Response in Bone [2005]
    • Local Biosynthesis of Sex Steroids in Bone [2002]
    • Sexual Dimorphism in Skeletal Size, Density, and Strength [2001]
    • Hormonal Determinants and Disorders of Peak Bone Mass in Children [2000]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • A new hypothesis for how sex steroid hormones regulate bone mass [2003]
  • Journal of Endocrinology
    • Is estrogen receptor alpha key to controlling bones' resistance to fracture? [2004]
  • Journal of Rheumatology
    • The Osteoprotegerin/Osteoprotegerin Ligand Family: Role in Inflammation and Bone Loss [2004]
  • Physiological Reviews
    • Sex Steroids and Bone [2001]
  • Southern Medical Journal
    • The Management of Osteoporosis among Home Health and Long Term Care Patients with a Prior Fracture [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: screening, diagnosis
    • Osteoporosis: risk factors
    • Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment
    • Osteoporosis: kidney diseases
    • Osteoporosis: epidemiology
    • Osteoporosis: digestive system diseases
    • Menopause, hormone replacement therapy
    • Male osteoporosis
    • Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: bisphosphonates

• Australia
  • Osteoporosis Australia
    • Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw [2006]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
    • Jaw osteonecrosis with bisphosphonates - ANZBMS position statement [2005]
• Belgium
  • Belgian Bone Club
    • Evidence-based guidelines for the use of biochemical markers of bone turnover in the selection and monitoring of bisphosphonate treatment in osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club [2009]
• Europe
  • European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
    • Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonate treatment for osteoporosis [2008]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Bisphosphonates for steroid induced osteoporosis
    • Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis in people with cystic fibrosis
    • Alendronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women
• South Africa
  • National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa
    • Use of generic alendronate in the treatment of osteoporosis [2006]
• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Persistence with bisphosphonates [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Bisphosphonates: Safety and Efficacy in the Treatment and Prevention of Osteoporosis [2000]
  • Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
    • Bisphosphonates--a word of caution [2004]
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Bisphosphonates and risk of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis [2010]
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • The association between compliance and persistence with bisphosphonate therapy and fracture risk: A review [2007]
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
    • Does Treatment With Bisphosphonates Endanger the Human Pregnancy? [2008]
  • Medscape Journal of Medicine
    • Preventing Nonvertebral Osteoporotic Fractures With Extended-Interval Bisphosphonates: Regimen Selection and Clinical Application [2009]
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology
    • Giant osteoclasts after long-term bisphosphonate therapy: diagnostic challenges [2009]
  • Oncologist
    • Bisphosphonates and Time to Osteonecrosis Development [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment

Osteoporosis: calcium, nutrition

• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
    • Calcium and Bone Health [2007]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Optimizing Bone Health and Calcium Intakes of Infants, Children, and Adolescents [2006]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Building Strong Bones: Calcium Information for Health Care Providers [2006]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Physically Active Adolescent Girls Who Have Had Bone Fractures Were More Likely To Consume Both Cola and Non-Cola Drinks [2006]
    • Calcium Supplementation is Associated with an Increased Rate of Bone Density Accumulation in a Select Group of Adolescent Females Over an 18-Month Period [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Calcium supplementation: the bare bones [2003]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Effects of calcium supplementation on bone density in healthy children: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [2006]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of adult osteoporosis [2001]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Need for Additional Calcium to Reduce the Risk of Hip Fracture with Vitamin D Supplementation: Evidence from a Comparative Metaanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [2007]
    • Calcium and Bone Metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation [2001]
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • Low Calcium Intake Among African Americans: Effects on Bones and Body Weight [2006]
    • Bone, Body Weight, and Weight Reduction: What Are the Concerns? [2006]
  • Pediatrics
    • Calcium, Dairy Products, and Bone Health in Children and Young Adults: A Reevaluation of the Evidence [2005]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment

Osteoporosis: digestive system diseases

• United Kingdom
  • British Society of Gastroenterology
    • Guidelines for Osteoporosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Coeliac Disease [2007]
    • Guidelines on the Management of Osteoporosis Associated with Chronic Liver Disease [2002]
• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Guidelines for osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease and coeliac disease. British Society of Gastroenterology [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Medicine
    • Osteoporosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease [2009]
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
    • Osteoporosis in celiac disease and in endocrine and reproductive disorders [2008]
    • Basic and clinical aspects of osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: epidemiology

• International
  • International Osteoporosis Foundation
    • The prevalence of radiographic vertebral fractures in Latin American countries: the Latin American Vertebral Osteoporosis Study (LAVOS) [2008]
    • An estimate of the worldwide prevalence and disability associated with osteoporotic fractures [2006]
    • Multinational survey of osteoporotic fracture management [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • African Americans, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox [2008]
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Bone loss: Epidemiology of bone loss [2000]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions [2003]
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • Osteoporosis in Indians [2008]
  • Rheumatology
    • On conducting burden-of-osteoporosis studies: a review of the core concepts and practical issues. A study carried out under the auspices of a WHO Collaborating Center [2001]
  • Salud Pública de México
    • The impact of methods for estimating bone health and the global burden of bone disease [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: genetics

• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
    • Estrogen Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and the Genetics of Osteoporosis: A HuGE Review [2005]
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Genetic studies in osteoporosis - the end of the beginning [2008]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Genetic Control of Susceptibility to Osteoporosis [2002]
  • Journal of Endocrinology
    • Molecular studies of gene identification for osteoporosis: The 2002 update [2003]
  • Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
    • Osteoporosis, genetics and hormones [2001]
  • Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
    • Genetic and environmental determinants of osteoporosis [2007]
  • Rheumatology
    • Genetics of bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis—role of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms [2009]
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine
    • Systems Analysis of Bone [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: risk factors

Osteoporosis: hormone replacement therapy

• United Kingdom
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Hormone replacement therapy and osteoporosis [2003]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Osteoporosis [2000]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • Hormone replacement therapy and prevention of vertebral fractures: a meta-analysis of randomised trials [2001]
  • Clinical Interventions in Aging
    • Selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: focus on lasofoxifene [2010]
  • Current Osteoporosis Reports
    • New Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) in Development [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment

Osteoporosis: kidney diseases

• United States of America
  • National Kidney Foundation
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease [2005]
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • Fragility fractures in chronic kidney disease: An opinion-based approach [2009]
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
    • Bone Disease after Renal Transplantation [2006]
  • Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
    • KDIGO clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, evaluation, prevention, and treatment of mineral and bone disorders in chronic kidney disease [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: parathyroid hormone

• Canada
  • Osteoporosis Canada
    • Clinical practice guidelines for the use of parathyroid hormone in the treatment of osteoporosis [2006]
• South Africa
  • National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa
    • Position paper of the National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA) on the use of parathyroid hormone (PTH 1-34) in the treatment of osteoporosis [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Parathyroid hormone for the treatment of osteoporosis: a systematic review [2006]
  • Endocrine Reviews
    • Parathyroid Hormone and Teriparatide for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Review of the Evidence and Suggested Guidelines for Its Use [2005]
    • Parathyroid Hormone Secretion and Action: Evidence for Discrete Receptors for the Carboxyl-Terminal Region and Related Biological Actions of Carboxyl- Terminal Ligands [2005]
  • Journal of Endocrinology
    • Parathyroid hormone: past and present [2005]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment

Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment

• Australia
  • Department of Health and Ageing
    • Osteoporosis prevention - a new picture emerges [2008]
  • Osteoporosis Australia
    • Preventing osteoporosis: outcomes of the Australian Fracture Prevention Summit (Osteoporosis Australia and the National Prescribing Service) [2002]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
    • Exercise and Osteoporosis position statement [2000]
• Belgium
  • Belgian Bone Club
    • Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a consensus document by the Belgian Bone Club [2010]
• Europe
  • European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
    • The role of calcium and vitamin D in the management of osteoporosis [2008]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Strontium ranelate for preventing and treating postmenopausal osteoporosis
    • Fluoride for treating postmenopausal osteoporosis
    • Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
  • International Osteoporosis Foundation
    • Treatment of osteoporosis: recognizing and managing cutaneous adverse reactions and drug-induced hypersensitivity [2009]
    • Cost-effectiveness of the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis - a review of the literature and a reference model [2007]
    • Treatment of patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis is worthwhile. The position of the International Osteoporosis Foundation [2005]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Vitamin K to prevent fractures in older women: systematic review and economic evaluation [2009]
    • The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strontium ranelate for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women [2007]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Osteoporosis - secondary prevention including strontium ranelate [2011]
    • Osteoporosis - primary prevention [2011]
    • Osteoporotic fractures - denosumab [2010]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis [2008]
  • American College of Physicians
    • Pharmacologic Treatment of Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Osteoporosis: prevention and treatment. University of Michigan Health System [2010]
    • Management and prevention of osteoporosis. Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium [2010]
    • Denosumab for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [2010]
    • Osteoporosis and fracture prevention in the long-term care setting. American Medical Directors Association [2009]
    • Pharmacologic treatment of low bone density or osteoporosis to prevent fractures: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians [2008]
    • Osteoporosis/fracture prevention clinical practice guidelines. Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute [2008]
    • Alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene, strontium ranelate and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [2008]
    • Alendronate, etidronate, risedronate, raloxifene and strontium ranelate for the primary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [2008]
  • University of Michigan Health System
    • Osteoporosis: prevention and treatment [2010]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Pharmacologic Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures [2004]
    • Osteoporosis: Part II. Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatment [2001]
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Progress in osteoporosis and fracture prevention: focus on postmenopausal women [2009]
    • Bone loss: Therapeutic approaches for preventing bone loss in inflammatory arthritis [2001]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Strontium ranelate – Does it affect the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis? [2007]
    • Compliance with treatment in osteoporosis patients. An ongoing problem [2006]
  • BMC Medicine
    • Targeted exercise against osteoporosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis for optimising bone strength throughout life [2010]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Drugs for pre-osteoporosis: prevention or disease mongering? [2008]
    • Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis [2003]
    • Preventing fractures in elderly people [2003]
  • Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
    • Osteoporosis - new treatments and updates [2010]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • New approaches to pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis [2003]
    • Exercise interventions: defusing the world's osteoporosis time bomb [2003]
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women: a systematic review [2008]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures among postmenopausal women and older men [2009]
    • Statins and bones [2001]
  • Cardiology Journal
    • Safety of pharmacotherapy of osteoporosis in cardiology patients [2010]
  • Clinical Interventions in Aging
    • Once-yearly zoledronic acid in hip fracture prevention [2009]
    • Emerging treatments for postmenopausal osteoporosis – focus on denosumab [2009]
    • Efficacy and safety of risedronate 150 mg once a month in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis [2009]
  • Clinical Medicine & Research
    • Advances in Therapy for Osteoporosis [2003]
  • Current Opinion in Rheumatology
    • Adherence to Osteoporosis Treatments: Room for Improvement [2009]
  • Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets
    • Wnt Signaling as a Therapeutic Target for Bone Diseases [2009]
  • Human Reproduction Update
    • Sex steroids and bone: current perspectives [2003]
  • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
    • Growth factor control of bone mass [2009]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Anabolic Therapy for Osteoporosis [2001]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Regulation of bone mass by Wnt signaling [2006]
  • Journal of Rheumatology
    • Current Consensus Recommendations for Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy: A Blind Spot for Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment [2002]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Treatment of osteoporosis: why, whom, when and how to treat [2004]
  • Nutrition Research
    • Green Tea and Bone metabolism [2009]
  • Physiological Research
    • Nutrition as prevention and treatment of osteoporosis [2009]
  • QJM
    • Secondary prevention of osteoporosis: when should a non-vertebral fracture be a trigger for action? [2001]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: vitamin D
    • Osteoporosis: parathyroid hormone
    • Osteoporosis: hormone replacement therapy
    • Osteoporosis: calcium, nutrition
    • Osteoporosis: bisphosphonates
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: risk factors

• Belgium
  • Belgian Bone Club
    • Management of cancer treatment-induced bone loss in early breast and prostate cancer - a consensus paper of the Belgian Bone Club [2007]
• United Kingdom
  • National Osteoporosis Society
    • Guidance for the management of breast cancer treatment-induced bone loss : a consensus position statement from a UK expert group [2008]
  • Royal College of Nursing
    • Breast Cancer and Bone Health: Optimum care of osteoporosis and bone metastases in people affected by breast cancer [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • Acta Oncologica
    • Adverse bone effects during pharmacological breast cancer therapy [2008]
  • Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
    • Adolescent Bone Health [2006]
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Bone loss: Factors that regulate osteoclast differentiation - an update [2000]
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • The osteoporosis care gap in Canada [2004]
  • BMC Urology
    • A systematic review and meta-analysis of bone metabolism in prostate adenocarcinoma [2010]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Arthritis, osteoporosis, and low back pain. Evidence-based clinical risk assessment for physical activity and exercise clearance [2012]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Primary hyperparathyroidism: pathophysiology and impact on bone [2000]
  • Chest
    • COPD and Osteoporosis [2002]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Bone Disease in HIV Infection: A Practical Review and Recommendations for HIV Care Providers [2010]
  • Current Osteoporosis Reports
    • Bone Loss in Diabetes: Use of Antidiabetic Thiazolidinediones and Secondary Osteoporosis [2010]
  • Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Is insulin an anabolic agent in bone? Dissecting the diabetic bone for clues [2005]
  • European Respiratory Journal
    • Current status of research on osteoporosis in COPD: a systematic review [2009]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Maternal Diet, Behaviour and Offspring Skeletal Health [2010]
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • Osteoporosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [2009]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • OPG and RANK Polymorphisms Are Both Associated with Cortical Bone Mineral Density: Findings from a Metaanalysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and Gothenburg Osteoporosis and Obesity Determinants Cohorts [2010]
    • Osteoporosis after Solid Organ Transplantation [2005]
    • Guide to Bone Health and Disease in Cystic Fibrosis [2005]
    • Greater Risk, Greater Benefit--True or False? [2003]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Pathogenesis of osteoporosis: concepts, conflicts, and prospects [2005]
  • Journal of Endocrinology
    • Role of oestrogen in the regulation of bone turnover at the menarche [2005]
  • Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
    • Risk factors and prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures [2007]
  • Journal of Rheumatology
    • Bone loss in ankylosing spondylitis: can we put the puzzle together? [2005]
  • Nutrition Journal
    • Phosphate decreases urine calcium and increases calcium balance: A meta-analysis of the osteoporosis acid-ash diet hypothesis [2009]
  • Salud Pública de México
    • The importance and relevance of peak bone mass in the prevalence of osteoporosis [2009]
    • The clinical and epidemiologic consequences of redefining treatment criteria: who should be treated? [2009]
  • Steroids
    • Androgens and bone [2009]
  • Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Depression as a risk factor for osteoporosis [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: genetics
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: screening, diagnosis

• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
    • Geelong Osteoporosis Study DXA Reference Range - ANZBMS position statement [2003]
• Belgium
  • Belgian Bone Club
    • Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry-Based Assessment of Male Patients Using Standardized Bone Density Values and a National Reference Database [2007]
• Canada
  • Osteoporosis Canada
    • Recommendations for Bone Mineral Density Reporting in Canada [2005]
• International
  • International Osteoporosis Foundation
    • Validation of the IOF quality of life questionnaire for patients with wrist fracture [2009]
    • The perspective of the International Osteoporosis Foundation on the official positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry [2005]
    • Requirements for DXA for the management of osteoporosis in Europe [2005]
    • Assessment of fracture risk [2005]
  • International Society for Clinical Densitometry
    • Official Positions and Advocacy
• South Africa
  • National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa
    • Instant vertebral assessment/lateral vertebral assessment: an integral and essential part of osteoporosis assessment [2004]
• United Kingdom
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
    • Management of osteoporosis: Measurement, diagnosis and monitoring [2003]
• United States of America
  • American College of Radiology
    • Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density [2010]
    • ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Adult Dual or Single X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA/pDXA/SXA) [2008]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Bone Densitometry Measurements [2003]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Screening and Risk Assessment for Osteoporosis [Guideline synthesis]
    • Screening for osteoporosis: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement [2011]
    • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® osteoporosis and bone mineral density [2010]
    • Screening for osteoporosis in the adult U.S. population: ACPM position statement on preventive practice [2009]
    • Vertebral fracture assessment: the 2007 ISCD official positions [2008]
    • Quantitative ultrasound in the management of osteoporosis: the 2007 ISCD official positions [2008]
    • Peripheral dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in the management of osteoporosis: the 2007 ISCD official positions [2008]
    • Fracture prediction and the definition of osteoporosis in children and adolescents: the 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions [2008]
    • Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry technical issues: the 2007 ISCD official positions [2008]
    • Clinical use of quantitative computed tomography and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in the management of osteoporosis in adults: the 2007 ISCD official positions [2008]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Osteoporosis [2011]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • FRAX - WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Radiologic Bone Assessment in the Evaluation of Osteoporosis [2002]
    • Osteoporosis: Part I. Evaluation and Assessment [2001]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Bone mineral density testing: Too much of a good thing? [2010]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • The 2002 Canadian bone densitometry recommendations: take-home messages [2002]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • Bone density vs bone quality: What’s a clinician to do? [2009]
  • European Radiology
    • Radiation exposure in X-ray-based imaging techniques used in osteoporosis [2010]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Clinical Applications of Vertebral Fracture Assessment by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry [2006]
    • Circulating Osteoprotegerin and Receptor Activator for Nuclear Factor {kappa}B Ligand: Clinical Utility in Metabolic Bone Disease Assessment [2005]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Bone Quality: An Empty Term [2007]
  • Salud Pública de México
    • Quantitative ultrasound and bone health [2009]
  • Singapore Medical Journal
    • Assessing the Risk of Vertebral Osteoporosis [2002]
  • Skeletal Radiology
    • The Founder’s Lecture 2009: advances in imaging of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis [2010]
  • Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
    • When and how frequently DEXA should be performed for the diagnosis and follow-up of osteoporosis in Crohn's disease? [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Osteoporosis, fracture risk : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: vitamin D

• Australia
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Prevention and treatment of infant and childhood vitamin D deficiency in Australia and New Zealand: a consensus statement [2006]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
    • Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement [2005]
• Canada
  • Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee - British Columbia
    • Vitamin D Testing Protocol [2010]
  • Osteoporosis Canada
    • Vitamin D in adult health and disease: a review and guideline statement from Osteoporosis Canada [2010]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures associated with involutional and post-menopausal osteoporosis
• Poland
  • Polish Journal of Endocrinology
    • Prophylaxis of vitamin D deficiency--Polish Recommendations 2009 [2010]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D in Relation to Bone Health [2007]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Vitamin D testing protocol. Medical Services Commission, British Columbia [2010]
    • Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of vitamin D deficiency in adults. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Summary of evidence-based review on vitamin D efficacy and safety in relation to bone health [2008]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Vitamin D - A review [2008]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Hip fracture risk in relation to vitamin D supplementation and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies [2010]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Patient level pooled analysis of 68500 patients from seven major vitamin D fracture trials in US and Europe [2010]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Vitamin D and Calcium Insufficiency-Related Chronic Diseases: an Emerging World-Wide Public Health Problem [2009]
  • Molecular Endocrinology
    • Vitamin D: More Than a "Bone-a-Fide" Hormone [2003]
  • QJM
    • The effect of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) on the risk of fall and fracture: a meta-analysis [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Osteoporosis: prevention, treatment