Osteoporosis

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• General Information
• Risk Factors
• Risk Reduction
• Treatment

Osteoporosis

General Information

NEWS:

Reports From National Arthritis Meeting 2004

ARTICLES:

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Osteoporosis

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A longitudinal study of the relationship between periodontal disease and bone mineral density in community-dwelling older adults. (J Clin Periodontol)

Beta-adrenergic blockers reduce the risk of fracture partly by increasing bone mineral density: Geelong Osteoporosis Study. (J Bone Miner Res)

Body composition changes with age have gender-specific impacts on bone mineral density. (Bone)

Bone mineral density and prevalent vertebral fractures in men and women. (Osteoporos Int)

Bone mineral density in young active females: the case of dancers. (Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab)

Complications of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. (Curr Opin Urol)

Disc space narrowing is associated with an increased vertebral fracture risk in postmenopausal women: the OFELY Study. (J Bone Miner Res)

Do vegetarians have a normal bone mass? (Osteoporos Int)

[Epidemiology of osteoporosis and fracture.] (Clin Calcium)

Epilepsy and bone health in adults. (Epilepsy Behav)

Is bone mineral density predictive of fracture risk reduction? (Curr Med Res Opin)

Low bone mineral density in professional scuba divers. (Clin Rheumatol)

Management of osteoporosis. (Clin Mol Allergy)

Osteoporosis and breast cancer. (Joint Bone Spine)

Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease: brittle bones and boned arteries, is there a link? (Endocrine)

[Osteoporosis and mineral intake.] (Clin Calcium)

Osteoporosis in men: epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. (Clin Ther)

Osteoporosis Prevalence and Levels of Treatment in Primary Care: The Australian BoneCare Study. (J Bone Miner Res)

Osteoporosis: underrated, underdiagnosed and undertreated. (Med J Aust)

Osteoporosis--diagnosis, treatment and management. (Aust Fam Physician)

[Postmenopausal osteoporosis] (Orv Hetil)

Practice patterns in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis after a fragility fracture: a systematic review. (Osteoporos Int)

[Preventing of postmenopausal osteoporosis by hormone replacement therapy? Is the risk acceptable?] (Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax)

Prevention of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. (South Med J)

Relation of low bone mineral density and carotid atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. (Am J Cardiol.)

Resistance and agility training reduce fall risk in women aged 75 to 85 with low bone mass: a 6-month randomized, controlled trial. (J Am Geriatr Soc)

Seasonal periodicity of serum vitamin D and parathyroid hormone, bone resorption, and fractures: the Geelong Osteoporosis Study. (J Bone Miner Res)

Serum vitamin A concentration and the risk of hip fracture among women 50 to 74 years old in the United States: a prospective analysis of the NHANES I follow-up study. (Am J Med)

Zinc intakes and plasma concentrations in men with osteoporosis: the Rancho Bernardo Study. (Am J Clin Nutr)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Osteoporosis

NIH-NIAMS Osteoporosis

NIH-Osteoporosis

NIH-Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy

NIH-Osteoporosis Tutorial

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