The researchers wanted to find out what was causing the bone loss and identified a signal produced by the leukemia cells which instructed cells in the microenvironment to eat away at the bone. The team then used a commercially available drug to target the cells in the microenvironment around the...
The article discusses the result of studies on bone mineral density (BMD) loss in older patients who had symptoms of depression and who had undergone treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. A report from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group indicates...
a person can take action to stop the progression of bone loss. Remember, effective treatment or prevention cannot take place if a person does not know he or she has, or is at risk for, osteoporosis.
At the seven year mark, two years after women stopped treatment, the study found that those with weakened bones experienced an increase in bone density at the lumbar spine. The increase did not occur at the total hip. The results suggest that decreased bone mineral density due to anastrozole ...
Do Markers of Bone Resorption Add to Bone Mineral Density and Ultrasonographic Heel Measurement for the Prediction of Hip Fracture in Elderly Women? The EP... We have previously shown that hip bone mineral density (BMD), heel broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and bone resorption markers are...
In contrast, a high value for the markers would seem to justify the use of specific therapy to prevent bone loss. Sign in to download full-size image FIGURE 26.1. BMD change: healthy postmeno-pausai women with low and high bone turnover. BMD, bone mineral density; BAP, bone alkaline ...
Chapter 29 Density of Bone: Effect on Surgical Approach and Healing Carl E. Misch The density of available bone in an edentulous site has a primary influence on treatment planning, implant design, surgical approach, healing time, and initial progressive bone loading during prosthetic reconstruction....
We view the sclerosteosis mutation as a genetic model of a potential therapy for conditions characterized by bone loss, notably osteoporosis. Currently there is no effective treatment for the restoration of normal bone mass in individuals with pathologically low skeletal density, and there is a lar...
Osteoporosis is a global health problem for ageing populations. The goals of osteoporosis treatment are to improve bone mineral density (BMD) and prevent fractures. One major obstacle that remains a great challenge to achieve the goals is how to select t
They found that it prevented bone loss and increased the bone mineral density of the mice treated with the compound by 35 percent, when compared with the control group. The research builds on a previous research which focused on the effectiveness of red sage, known as Danshen in Chinese and ...