Older women who received denosumab (Prolia, Amgen) for up to 10 years for osteoporosis had a low risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), although the risk was higher — albeit still quite small — if ...

A humanized antibody used in cancer immunotherapy may be associated with a 44-year-old woman developing osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). The case report was published on January 1 in Oral Surgery, Oral ...

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a serious complication for physicians prescribing bone resorption inhibitors to patients with osteoporosis. A session at the recent French Congress of Rheumatology ...

The use of antiresorptive drugs for tumor-related disorders and oral, but not injectable, corticosteroids were associated with an increased risk for osteonecrosis of the jaw among patients with ...

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a debilitating bone condition that affects the jaws and occurs as a result of reduced local blood supply to the bone. Today, experts released a research report that ...

My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the surgery had to ...

A landmark study by researchers from the SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Although we observed an increasing number of osteonecrosis of the jaw cases in our daily practice during the ...

The actions of the commonly prescribed oral bisphosphonates are discussed. The groups of patients most likely to present in primary care with an oral bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the ...

A Montana jury yesterday awarded $3.2 million to a woman who sued the makers of the bone-strengthening drug Zometa. The verdict could set a precedent for hundreds of similar cases pending against the ...