Papers
- Obesity - Lose Pounds, But Not Bone Density (applesforhealth)
Women who cut calories to lose weight without significantly increasing their physical activity are likely running the risk of osteoporosis later in life, a new study suggests. 08-06-99.
- Onions And Osteoporosis (applesforhealth)
Scientists have found some vegetables and herbs alter bone metabolism in rats, inhibiting bone resorption, a process in which calcium is released from bone stores. 01-21-00.
- Osteoporosis - Bone Density Can Be Misleading (applesforhealth)
Bone density measurements taken during the first year of therapy for osteoporosis may be misleading, a major medical journal study says. 03-24-00.
- Osteoporosis - Cement Injected Into Spine Relieves Pain (applesforhealth)
Four of five patients with compression fractures of the spine -- usually caused by osteoporosis -- get almost overnight pain relief through the injection of a bone cement into the injured area. 04-14-00.
- Osteoporosis - Cholesterol Drugs Also Regrow Bone (applesforhealth)
A family of drugs used to lower cholesterol also can stimulate bone regrowth, creating hope for a more effective way to treat the bone loss that comes with aging. 12-10-99.
- Osteoporosis - Combating Osteoporosis With Diet (Fisher)
Provides recommendations to combat osteoporosis with diet.
- Osteoporosis - Flower Power (applesforhealth)
More effective than jogging, swimming, walking, or aerobics, digging in the yard once a week is the best activity to protect against osteoporosis. 04-21-00.
- Osteoporosis - Foot Fracture May Point To Osteoporosis (applesforhealth)
A fractured foot bone could be a warning sign for osteoporosis. Ohio State University researchers in Columbus, Ohio, found 20 out of 21 men and women with fractured foot bones had at least early signs of osteoporosis. 04-07-00.
- Osteoporosis - Hormone Controls Bone Formation (applesforhealth)
A discovery in a mouse experiment has implications for the treatment of osteoporosis in humans, doctors say. 01-28-00.
- Osteoporosis - Male Osteoporosis Is Deadly, But Ignored (applesforhealth)
Contrary to popular belief, osteoporosis is not just a women's disease. Up to 4.5 million American men suffer from osteoporosis, and their number is rising. Approximately 100,000 American men die from complications of the disease every year. 10-08-99.
- Osteoporosis - Men Get It Too (applesforhealth)
Men can suffer broken or injured bones as a result of osteoporosis, just like women, doctors say. 04-14-00.
- Osteoporosis - Onion Improves Bone Structure (applesforhealth)
Researchers in Switzerland have discovered that giving lab rats one gram of dried onion each day significantly improved their bone structure. 10-08-99.
- Osteoporosis - Risks Of High Protein Diets (applesforhealth)
A change in blood acidity caused by a high-protein diet accelerates osteoporosis by depleting bones of their calcium, say researchers at the University of Rochester in New York. 11-12-99.
- Osteoporosis Fracture Treatment (applesforhealth)
Doctors at Mayo Clinic say they now have a treatment to help reinforce crumbling vertebrae in people suffering from spinal compression fractures. 08-06-99.
- Osteoporosis Update (applesforhealth)
Bone weakening disease does not affect solely senior women, need not be an inevitable part of aging and crosses racial and ethnic lines. 04-21-00.
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