Doctors have devised a test which could help them predict which women going through menopause will lose bone faster than average, new research reports. The results of the study will be presented Friday, April 1, at ENDO 2016, ...
Apr 1, 2016
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Pediatric researchers have found that rare genetic changes strongly increase the likelihood that a child will have higher bone density, but only in girls. Because childhood and adolescence are critical periods for bone formation, ...
Mar 22, 2016
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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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Children and adolescents who take medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show decreased bone density, according to a large cross-sectional study presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American ...
Mar 3, 2016
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A low-salt diet does not necessarily translate to stronger bones in postmenopausal women, physician-scientists report.
Feb 25, 2016
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The slight loss in bone mineral density associated with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) antiretroviral use is reversible in young adult patients who stop taking the drugs, according to findings presented by researchers ...
Feb 24, 2016
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Men have many reasons to add high-impact and resistance training to their exercise regimens; these reasons include building muscle and shedding fat. Now a University of Missouri researcher has determined another significant ...
Feb 11, 2016
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Low bone density is very uncommon in patients with coeliac disease, according to new research from the University of Auckland.
Jan 29, 2016
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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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For some, the words "black lung" may stir thoughts of a now irrelevant disease that was once responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of miners. Unfortunately, it's back on the rise.
Dec 4, 2015
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