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Montserrat Otero, PhD holder in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, has designed a physical exercise programme which is based on very basic, rudimentary materials and which significantly improves upper and lower limb strength as well as static and dynamic balance in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-physical-osteoporosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 May 2013 08:16:49 EST news287046998 Although the drug zoledronic acid slows bone loss in osteoporosis patients, it also boosts levels of a biomarker that stops bone formation, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-common-osteoporosis-drug-formation-bone.html Medications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:30:09 EST news285427803 Depression, anxiety, and smoking are associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD) in adults, but these factors have not previously been studied during adolescence, when more than 50% of bone accrual occurs. This longitudinal preliminary study is the first to demonstrate that smoking and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls have a negative impact on adolescent bone accrual and may become a red flag for a future constrained by low bone mass or osteoporosis and higher fracture rates in postmenopausal years. The study is published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, the official journal of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-depressive-symptoms-adolescent-girls-red.html Health Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:41:01 EST news284211611 Get out there and regularly kick that soccer ball around with your kids, you may be helping them prevent a broken hip when they are older, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in Chicago, IL. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-physical-youth-fracture-age.html Health Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:38:22 EST news283225053 When it comes to body shape, diet and exercise can only take us so far. Our body shape and geometry are largely determined by genetic factors. Genetics also have an impact on our body composition – including soft fat tissue and hard bone tissue – and can lead to excess fat or osteoporosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-fat-bone-mass-genetically-linked.html Medical research Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:02:24 EST news282225632 A new study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in energy metabolism, fertility, and bone mass, also regulates airway diameter. The findings could explain why obese people are prone to asthma and suggest that body weight–associated asthma may be relieved with medications that inhibit signaling through the parasympathetic nervous system, which mediates leptin function. The study, conducted in mice, was published in the online edition of the journal Cell Metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-obese-people-higher-asthma.html Medical research Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:05 EST news276862025 Today at the International Osteoporosis Foundation's Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National Institute of Nutrition in Hanoi presented a new research study that showed the benefits of educational intervention in increasing calcium intake and retarding bone loss in postmenopausal women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-community-based-nutrition-shown-successful-calcium.html Health Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:24:51 EST news274807448 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become brittle and can fracture. The findings are published in the October 8 online edition of PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-vitamin-bone-loss-animal.html Health Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:51:46 EST news269016694 A big international study has identified a special gene that regulates bone density and bone strength. The gene can be used as a risk marker for fractures and opens up opportunities for preventive medicine against fractures. The study, led by the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, was published in the journal PLoS Genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gene-medicine-fractures.html Genetics Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:58:59 EST news267184733 Alcoholism is known to cause osteoporosis, or reduced bone mineral density (BMD). New findings indicate that as little as eight weeks of abstinence can initiate correction of an imbalance between bone formation and resorption due to alcohol's toxic effects. Physical activity can also serve as a protective factor against reduced BMD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-abstinence-alcohol-physical-reclaim-bone.html Addiction Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:00:01 EST news266846506 A study to be published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) shows consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mediterranean-diet-enriched-olive-oil.html Health Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:03 EST news264166186 Hormone-replacement therapy significantly improved symptoms of metabolic syndrome associated with testosterone deficiency in men, a new study from Germany finds. The results to be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-testosterone-replacement-therapy-symptoms-metabolic-syndrome.html Medications Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:30:09 EST news259855444 Young men being treated for HIV are more likely to experience low bone mass than are other men their age, according to results from a research network supported by the National Institutes of Health. The findings indicate that physicians who care for these patients should monitor them regularly for signs of bone thinning, which could foretell a risk for fractures. The young men in the study did not have HIV at birth and had been diagnosed with HIV an average of two years earlier. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hiv-positive-young-men-bone-mass.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:07:23 EST news259337226 Much of the research defining osteoporosis and fracture risk has focused on older adults, i.e. postmenopausal women and men over the age of 50. While older adults are at highest risk of osteoporosis and related fractures, the disease can also affect younger adults between 20 and 50 years of age. However, the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in young adults is complicated by special challenges, including a complex pathophysiology and the related fact that there is no clear definition of osteoporosis, or of intervention thresholds, in this age group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-outlines-screening-strategies-osteoporosis-young.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:30:30 EST news259320574 (HealthDay) -- A long-term, school-based exercise program for children is associated with increased bone mass and size, with no increase in the fracture risk, according to a study published online May 28 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-school-based-bone-mass-size.html Pediatrics Wed, 30 May 2012 12:40:01 EST news257591028 Young men who play volleyball, basketball or other load-bearing sports for four hours a week or more increase bone mass and might gain protection from developing osteoporosis later in life, according to a new study in the May issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-men-load-bearing-early-20s-shielded.html Health Fri, 04 May 2012 13:31:16 EST news255357040 Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered new ways to help detect and treat the debilitating brittle bone disease osteoporosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-ways-debilitating-brittle-bone-disease.html Genetics Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:20:02 EST news254048921 (HealthDay) -- Vitamin E may stimulate cells that result in bone loss, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-mouse-vitamin-weaken-bones.html Medical research Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:42:37 EST news250101741 Physical exercise in the early twenties improves bone development and may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, reveals a study of more than 800 Swedish men carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-early-20s-osteoporosis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:27:55 EST news248376461 An endocrine hormone used in clinical trials as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetes drug causes significant and rapid bone loss in mice, raising concerns about its safe use, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-rapid-bone-loss-side-effect.html Medical research Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:11:54 EST news247831901 Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with a research group in Delhi, India, have shown that growth in early childhood can affect bone density in adult life, which could lead to an increased risk of developing bone diseases like osteoporosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-early-bone-growth-linked-density.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:32 EST news247411463 Although replacing lost teeth often involves artificially building up the jaw, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, are now showcasing a new method whereby teeth are instead moved into the toothless area using a brace, giving patients the chance of having more teeth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-tooth-movement-alternative-bone-transplants.html Other Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:44:46 EST news237552267 A medication already approved to build bone mass in patients with osteoporosis also builds cartilage around joints and could potentially be repurposed to treat millions of people suffering from arthritis, according to orthopaedic research at the University of Rochester Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-life-arthritic-joints.html Medical research Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:00:02 EST news235828915 Compounds in blueberries might turn out to have a powerful effect on formation of strong, healthy bones, if results from studies with laboratory rats turn out to hold true for humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-blueberries-lab-rats-strong-bones.html Medical research Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:03:35 EST news227873001 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 Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered an explanation of how stroke patients can achieve better recovery. A hormone that is associated with the growth hormone system has proved to benefit recovery during the later phases of rehabilitation after a stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-hormone-long-term-recovery.html Medical research Mon, 16 May 2011 16:21:14 EST news224781649 Oestrogen treatment for osteoporosis has often been associated with serious side-effects. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now, in mice, found a way of utilising the positive effects of oestrogen in mice so that only the skeleton is acted on, current research at the Academy shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-estrogen-treatment-side-effects-sight.html Medical research Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:12:32 EST news221757139