Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation

Micromorphology of the Aristotle’s Lantern in the Sand Dollar, Scaphechinus mirabilis (Echinoidea: Echinolampadacea): Insights from Scanning Electron Microscopy and Three-Dimensional X-Ray Microscopy

The morphology and micromorphology of Aristotle’s lantern, the feeding apparatus of Scaphechinus mirabilis, were examined using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray microscopy. S. mirabilis had food grooves on the ventral side, which extended to the mouth. Ar...

Development and Internal Validation of a Clinical Risk Score for Hypovitaminosis D in Italian Adults Aged ≥50 Years Attending Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease Centers

Background/Objectives: Hypovitaminosis-D is a highly prevalent condition worldwide, associated with adverse skeletal and extra-skeletal outcomes. Increasing demand for serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) testing points toward the need for simple tools to identify individuals at r...

Predicting femoral neck screw pullout strength using DXA and novel assessments of bone microarchitecture

Abstract Summary This study determined how well DXA and other novel assessments of bone microarchitecture predicted screw pullout strength in the femoral neck. Hip-specific DXA performed as well as the novel approaches at predicting screw pullout. These findings support the use o...