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Falls
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Vitamin D at 1,600 or 3,200 IU a day did not cut fractures in older adults, most of whom were not deficient
University of Eastern Finland researchers gave 2,495 older adults a placebo or one of two vitamin D3 doses for five years. The higher dose matched placebo on fractures; the lower one came with an unexplained excess.
Sep 14, 2026
Semaglutide and tirzepatide tracked half the femoral fractures of another diabetes drug
The worry about weight-loss drugs is that fast loss costs muscle and bone, which should show up as broken hips. Comparing 27,896 matched over-65s against a rival diabetes medicine, fractures and falls both ran lower over a year.
Sep 1, 2026
Perturbation training topped 19 exercises tested for balance in 423 trials of 33,901 older adults
A Bayesian network meta-analysis pooled 423 trials and 33,901 older adults to rank 19 kinds of exercise for balance. Deliberately being knocked off balance came top. Stretching was the only one that did nothing.
Aug 25, 2026
Physical and mental decline began years before a first fall, not after it
A PLoS Medicine study matched 5,495 older adults who fell against 5,495 who did not, in cohorts across China, the UK and the US. Physical function, mood and memory were already diverging up to five years before the fall.
Aug 14, 2026