Like osteoporosis, osteopenia is a bone disease, marked by a decrease in bone mineral density – or bone loss. While it is not as devastating as osteoporosis, it is a strong indicator that the patient will eventually develop the disease. Nutrition and exercise are common treatments for osteopeni...
Why is life-long physical activity good for bone health and the prevention of osteopenia and osteoporosis? What is the difference between thyrotoxicosis and thyroiditis? What are the differences between vitamins and minerals? How would bone density be affected in an individual who is sedentary? State...
Objective. Osteoporosis and osteopenia (OS/OP) are frequent in patients with adrenal adenomas associated with cortisol excess (CE). However, the relationship between OS/OP and CE severity considering sex differences is unknown. Design. A cross-sectional observational study from January 200...
DEAR DR. ROACH: The results for my last bone density test show not only a T-score but also a Z-score. For my spine (L1 through L4), the T-score is -3.4, while the Z-score is -1.4. Can you please explain the difference between the two measurements? I real...
Why is life-long physical activity good for bone health and the prevention of osteopenia and osteoporosis? Discuss two types of cell death. What are the various causes of cell death and cellular aging? Describe one way to prevent aging. What is the single factor that contributes the most...
Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. In this condition, a girl may experience infertility, problems in pregnancy, pelvic pain, psychological stress, Osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. Summary – Dysmenorrhea vs. Amenorrhea Menstruation is normal vaginal bleeding that is a regular part of a...
What is the difference between Shingles and Chickenpox? • Chickenpox is the primary infection while shingles is the reactivation. • Chicken pox is common in childhood while shingles is common in adulthood. • Chickenpox rash appears all over the body while shingles rash is localized to a ...
In conclusion, prednisolone pellet-induced short-term GC excess resulted in osteopenia, reduced bone formation indices, and only few dose-dependent differences were found.doi:10.1016/j.endmts.2021.100114Mikkel BoA. BrüelJ. ThomsenEndocrine and Metabolic Science...
More patients were identified as having osteoporosis 30% vs 21% or high-risk osteopenia 18% vs 9%, and a larger number of patients had unevaluated bone health in the non-compliant group 19% vs 47%. However, fragility fractures were similar, 9% vs 7%. AMT was 7.94 vs 5.02, range 0鈥...
In a significant number of the screened elderly women, we found that the DXA differences changed the diagnosis of each woman from either normal BMD to osteopenia or visa versa or from osteopenia to osteoporosis or visa versa. We found an increasing difference between the hips with increasing age...