Prunes Help Prevent Fractures And Osteoporosis

When it comes to improving bone health in postmenopausal women – and people of all ages, actually – a Florida State University researcher has found a simple, proactive solution to help prevent fractures and osteoporosis: eating dried plums…

Daily Resveratrol May Prevent The Ill Effects Of Simulated Weightlessness On Muscle And Bone Metabolism

As strange as it sounds, a new research study published in the FASEB Journal, suggests that the “healthy” ingredient in red wine, resveratrol, may prevent the negative effects that spaceflight and sedentary lifestyles have on people…

The Effects Of Celiac Disease On Bone Mineral Density Are More Pronounced In Lumbar Spine Than Femoral Neck

Patients with celiac disease are more than 4.5 times more likely to develop osteoporosis compared to healthy people in an age and gender matched cohort with no identifiable risk factors for osteoporosis, according to a study presented at the EULAR 2011 Annual Congress…

Risk of fractures in later life not reduced by high daily calcium intake

If you are already taking moderate amounts of calcium, increasing it will not lower your risk of osteoporosis or fractures when you are older, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal).

Dietary Calcium And Supplements Recommended Instead Of Bone-Building Meds

Has a bone density scan placed you at risk for osteoporosis, leading your doctor to prescribe a widely advertised bone-building medication? Not so fast! A University of Illinois study finds that an effective first course of action is increasing dietary calcium and vitamin D or taking calcium and vitamin D supplements…

Vitamin D Levels May Be A Useful Index For The Assessment Of Hip Fracture Risk In Elderly People.

A study in New Delhi India has revealed high rates of vitamin D deficiency among hip fracture patients, confirming the conclusions of similar international studies which point to vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for hip fracture. A group of 90 hip fracture patients was compared to a matched control group of similar age, sex and co-morbidity…

Vitamin D May Not Benefit Knee Osteoarthritis Sufferers

Adding vitamin D as a supplement does not appear to lessen the symptoms, or slow the progression, of knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta. Osteoarthritis, or OA as it is commonly called, is the most common joint disease affecting middle-age and older people…

Bone Density In Healthy Children Not Increased By Vitamin D Supplements

Giving vitamin D supplements to healthy children with normal vitamin D levels does not improve bone density at the hip, lumbar spine, forearm or in the body as a whole, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. Building bone density in children helps protect against osteoporosis in later life.

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