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Osteoporosis Defined
Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which the bones lose mass and density, the pores in bones enlarge, and the bones generally become fragile. Osteoporosis often is not diagnosed until a fracture occurs, most commonly in the spine, hip or wrist. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that about 1.5 million such fractures occur each year in the United States, at an estimated annual cost of $14 billion in 1995.
Osteoporosis is four times more common in women, whose bones are naturally thinner and less dense, than in men. Women start losing bone mass and density at an earlier age, and the process is accelerated by menopause, causing osteoporosis to manifest itself between the ages of 50 and 60. Research has shown that in addition to regular exercise, calcium intake during childhood, adolescence and early-adulthood helps build a "bone bank" of calcium stores. While bone length is established by age 20, bone strength and density continue to develop through age 30.
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Fri Jul 3
- Vegetarian diet 'weakens bones' - Yahoo! News: People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday.
- Guidelines on the management of osteoporosis associated with chronic liver disease -- Collier et al. 50 (Supplement 1): i1 -- Gut
- Is Bicycling Bad for Your Bones? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com: Cycling...caus es little impact to skeletons. Bones react to external stresses by strengthening bone..the lightest riders had the lowest bone density...many serious riders burn more calories..than they consume, an energy imbalance that is being studied to determine its impact on bone loss. And sweat could play a role. A rider can lose hundreds of milligrams of calcium an hour through sweat....the riders in both Smathers? and the Colorado study were ingesting more than the recommended daily allowance of calcium for their age, they may still have had a deficit of the mineral, which is essential to bone-building. Some researchers theorize that calcium must be taken during exercise to be most effective. A 2004 laboratory study of cyclists who were given either tap water or calcium-enrich ed water during a 50-minute, stationary-bic ycle ride found that the riders drinking the tap water had much higher levels of blood chemicals related to bone loss than did the riders swigging the calcium.
- Osteoporosis undertreated in COPD patients
Thu Jul 2
- Is Bicycling Bad for Your Bones? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com: Summary of recent research on cycling and lower bone density. Very interesting comments. NYT Well column post July 2009.
- Is Bicycling Bad for Your Bones? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com: Bone scans showed that almost all of the cyclists had significantly less bone density in the spine than the control group.
Tue Jun 30
- Value of routine monitoring of bone mineral density after starting bisphosphonate treatment: secondary analysis of trial data -- Bell et al. 338: b2266 -- BMJ: Routine monitoring of bone density is unnecessary for women in their first three years of bisphosphonate treatment, according to a new study. Fracture Intervention Trial - The study also found a high correlation between hip and spine density, indicating that measurements from two sites have little advantage over the use of one site.
- Osteoporosis and women: For years, doctors and scientists have been telling us to drink milk, eat dairy products, and take calcium pills to improve our bone vitality. The problem is, they're wrong.
Mon Jun 29
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