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Blueberries Help Lab Rats Build Strong Bones
June 21, 2011 Compounds in blueberries might turn out to have a powerful effect on formation of strong, healthy bones, if results from studies with laboratory rats turn out to hold true for ... > full story -
Aurora A Kinase May Contribute to Kidney Disease
June 13, 2011 The Aurora A kinase may contribute to polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by inactivating a key calcium channel in kidney cells, according to a new ... > full story -
Citrate Key in Bone's Nanostructure
June 8, 2011 Scientists have identified the composition that gives bone its outstanding properties and the important role citrate plays, work that may help science better understand and treat or prevent bone ... > full story -
Yearly Zoledronic Acid at Lower-Than-Standard Doses Increases Bone Density, Study Finds
June 6, 2011 A lower dose of zoledronic acid than currently recommended for prevention of bone fractures due to osteoporosis decreases bone resorption and increases bone density, and may be effective in reducing ... > full story -
High Levels of Vitamin D Needed for Bone Density Drugs to Work, Study Shows
June 6, 2011 To fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density, patients should maintain vitamin D levels above the limits recently recommended by the Institute of Medicine, according ... > full story -
Stem Cell Treatment May Become Option to Treat Nonhealing Bone Fractures
June 6, 2011 Stem cell therapy enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), can help mend broken bones in fractures that are not healing normally, a new animal study ... > full story -
Athletic Girls More Likely to Have Impaired Bone Structure If Menstrual Cycle Stops, Study Finds
June 6, 2011 Young female athletes who have stopped menstruating have a weakening in the quality of their bone structure that may predispose them to breaking a bone, despite getting plenty of weight-bearing ... > full story -
Stem Cell Treatment May Offer Option for Broken Bones That Don't Heal
June 5, 2011 Researchers have shown in an animal study that transplantation of adult stem cells enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone can help mend bone fractures that are not healing ... > full story -
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Increased Fracture Risk
June 4, 2011 People who have had gastric bypass surgery or other bariatric weight-loss surgery have an even higher increased risk of breaking bones than previously found, according to new ... > full story -
Anorexic Girls Have Increased Bone Density After Physiological Estrogen Treatment, Study Finds
June 4, 2011 Estrogen therapy improves low bone density due to anorexia nervosa in teenage girls with the disease when given as a patch or as a low oral dose that is physiological (close to the form or amount of ... > full story
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