http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use inhaled corticosteroids to improve breathing for more than six months have a 27 percent increased risk of bone fractures, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-long-term-inhaled-corticosteroid-fracture-lung.html Medications Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:03:24 EST news228063769 A lower dose of zoledronic acid than currently recommended for prevention of bone fractures due to osteoporosis decreases bone resorption and increases bone density, and may be effective in reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures, a study finds. The new research findings will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-yearly-zoledronic-acid-lower-than-standard-doses.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:07:02 EST news226595175 Women with low bone density are seven times more likely to benefit from a bisphosphonate drug when their vitamin D blood levels are above recent recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as adequate for bone health. These new study results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-vitamin-d-decreased-response-osteoporosis.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:51:26 EST news226576270 Young female athletes who have stopped menstruating have a weakening in the quality of their bone structure that may predispose them to breaking a bone, despite getting plenty of weight-bearing exercise, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-athletic-girls-impaired-bone-menstrual.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:43:48 EST news226572217 A news study finds that the worse a woman's skin wrinkles are during the first few years of menopause, the lower her bone density is. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-severity-facial-wrinkles-bone-density.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:00:02 EST news226459290 Estrogen therapy improves low bone density due to anorexia nervosa in teenage girls with the disease when given as a patch or as a low oral dose that is physiological (close to the form or amount of estrogen the body makes naturally). These results of a new study are being presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-anorexic-girls-bone-density-physiological.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:30:01 EST news226459073 Cutting back on sleep drastically reduces a healthy young man's testosterone levels, according to a study published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-loss-lowers-testosterone-healthy-young.html Health Tue, 31 May 2011 16:15:19 EST news226077294 A study by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and collaborators at other institutions has provided new insights into the means by which bone cells produce new bone in response to mechanical stresses, such as exercise. Their findings lay a path for developing new strategies for treating diseases characterized by low bone density, such as osteoporosis in adults and osteogenesis imperfecta in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-path-brittle-bones.html Medical research Sun, 22 May 2011 13:00:41 EST news225287138 Has a bone density scan placed you at risk for osteoporosis, leading your doctor to prescribe a widely advertised bone-building medication? Not so fast! A University of Illinois study finds that an effective first course of action is increasing dietary calcium and vitamin D or taking calcium and vitamin D supplements. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-bone-building-meds-dietary-calcium-supplements.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 11:19:54 EST news223553843