bone health

Protocols

Bone Health Before Spine Surgery: Which Anabolic Drugs Actually Move the Needle?

A single-institution analysis used CT-derived Hounsfield Units to compare modern osteoporosis drugs in preoperative patients. The signal is real but moderate — and frailty quietly blunts the response.

Longevity

Bones, Muscles, and the Frailty Cliff: What a New Aging Study Really Says

A long-running Taiwanese cohort took a closer look at osteosarcopenia — losing bone and muscle at the same time — and the findings are more nuanced than the headlines suggest.