http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Parents are advised to make sure their children drink milk and eat other calcium-rich foods to build strong bones. Soon, they also may be urged to make sure their kids eat salmon, almonds and other foods high in magnesium—another nutrient that may play an important role in bone health, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-magnesium-important-kids-bone-health.html Pediatrics Sun, 05 May 2013 07:00:01 EST news286952397 A study of nearly 4,000 pairs of mothers and their children in the Children of the '90s study at the University of Bristol has shown that maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy are not associated with the child's bone health in later life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-maternal-vitamin-d-pregnancy-affect.html Health Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:30:03 EST news282829319 (HealthDay)—Following lumbar laminectomy, loss of strength and shear stiffness (SS) can be predicted in the human lumbar spinal segment using measurable parameters, according to a study published in the December issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-post-laminectomy-spine-strength.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:40:02 EST news277660124 Teenage girls who smoke accumulate less bone during a critical growth period and carry a higher risk of developing osteoporosis later in life, according to new research in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-teen-decreases-bone-accumulation-girls.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:20:03 EST news273780234 An international team, including an expert from the University of Exeter, has found evidence that adolescents who spend long periods engaged in certain sedentary activities are more likely to have low bone mineral content in parts of the body where it can be an indicator of the risk of developing osteoporosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-teenagers-urged-ward-bone-disease.html Health Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:35:35 EST news272288124 (HealthDay) -- For young men, increasing physical activity over a five-year period is associated with improvements in bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD), according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-physical-men-optimizes-peak-bone.html Health Mon, 21 May 2012 05:10:01 EST news256791945 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