A medical breakthrough in bone disease prevention has won researchers a top New Zealand health award and perhaps a global rethink of how to prevent fractures in older women. READ MORE:* Osteoporosis – the silent bone breaker* Prime Minister's Science Prize brings extra funding to bone researchThe researchers were interested in post-menopausal women because they suffer bone fractures more often than men. NZ Royal Society Dr Anne Horne speaks after her team won an award for showing a drug called zoledronate "significantly" lowers bone fractures in post-menopausal women. The purpose of their eight-year effort was to see if zoledronate​ could prevent bone loss and therefore bone fractures in post-meopausal women. Supplied Professor Ian Reid won the Prime Minister's Science Prize in 2015.

Source: Stuff October 27, 2019 15:56 UTC