Health
Football boosts bone development in boys
Playing football can improve bone development in adolescent boys, new research shows.
Jul 12, 2017
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News tagged with bone mineral content
Health
Dairy shown to improve bone health of Kiwi children
New Massey University research shows children drinking milk at school have greater increases in the size and strength of their bones, compared to children who are not involved in the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme.
Jun 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Examining women's bones during menopause may help head off fractures
Bone fragility has long been a worrisome condition affecting women as they age.
Jan 27, 2017
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Pediatrics
Premature babies may grow up to have weaker bones
Among the many important processes that happen during a woman's last few weeks of pregnancy is the transfer of calcium to the growing foetus to boost bone development. But what happens if this transfer is interrupted when ...
May 30, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
HIV-infected young males have higher rates of bone loss than females
Accumulating evidence suggests that rates of low bone mass are greater in HIV-infected males than in females. Researchers led by Grace Aldrovandi, MD, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital Los ...
Mar 10, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The developmental origins of osteoporosis
Osteoporosis may have its origins in early life, but the consequences are not apparent until late adult life, meaning that opportunities that can reduce its occurrence or severity may be overlooked. It remains an extremely ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Bones of obese children may be in trouble, study finds
Studies have shown that obese children tend to have more muscle, but recent University of Georgia research on the muscle and bone relationship shows that excess body fat may compromise other functions in their bodies, such ...
Dec 15, 2015
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Health
Greater neighborhood access to fast-food outlets linked to lower bone mass in infants
New research from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton in the UK indicates that neighbourhood exposure to fast food outlets is potentially linked to poorer bone development in early childhood.
Oct 13, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Drug used to treat HIV linked to lower bone mass in newborns
Infants exposed in the womb to a drug used to treat HIV and reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to child, may have lower bone mineral content than those exposed to other anti-HIV drugs, according to a National Institutes ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Genetics
Genes leave some kids prone to weakness in wrist bones
Pediatric researchers have discovered gene locations affecting bone strength in wrist bones, the most common site for fractures in children. Children who have those genetic variants may be at higher-than-average risk of wrist ...
Jun 29, 2015
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