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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 34, Issue 11)MIAMI -- Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry findings can have a powerful effect on the lives of children with low bone density, so refer parents and children to a specialist for interpretation and counseling, Dr. Laura K....
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From:Journal of the American Chiropractic AssociationPeer-ReviewedBackground Tai Chi (TC) is a mind-body exercise that shows potential as an effective and safe intervention for preventing fall-related fractures in the elderly. Few randomized trials have simultaneously evaluated...
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From:Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAim. The movement reported at microscopic level, but also at the human being, has an important rol in maintaining optimal quality of living matter. It is, practically, the stimulus necessary for bone formation with...
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From:Journal of Clinical Investigation (Vol. 124, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA 42-year-old premenopausal woman with osteogenesis imperfecta presents to the metabolic bone clinic. She has a daughter with osteogenesis imperfecta who is seen regularly in a specialist pediatric clinic, but the...
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From:Nature (Vol. 517, Issue 7533) Peer-ReviewedLow-density bones evolved only relatively re cently in modern humans as they shifted from foraging to agriculture and became more sedentary, according to two studies. Habiba Chirchir of the Smithsonian Institution in...
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From:Journal of Laboratory Physicians (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Priyanka. Siddapur, Anuradha. Patil, Varsha. Borde Context: Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a public health problem. Diabetics are at increased risk of osteoporosis-related fractures. Zinc (Zn) has a role in...
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From:Journal of OsteoporosisPeer-ReviewedBody Mass Index (BMI) is a good indicator for measurements of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) which measures the density of minerals present in the bones using a special scan. This study was conducted to assess the...
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From:Revista Brasileira de Nutrição Esportiva (Vol. 3, Issue 17) Peer-ReviewedIndividuals seeking physical activity to maintain or improve health. However, when performed strongly, promotes oxidative stress and may require the use of dietary supplements. The whey protein (WP) is a protein...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 39, Issue 16)Although treating patients with SCH may improve some lipid profiles, there is scanty evidence that it benefits quality of life, cardiovascular health, or mortality rates. But giving thyroxine to the millions of...
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From:Journal of Dental Hygiene (Vol. 82, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of Linking Research to Clinical Practice is to present evidence-based information to clinical dental hygienists so that they can make informed decisions regarding patient treatment and recommendations. Each...
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From:Practice Nurseost people know that milk and dairy products are excellent sources of easily-absorbed calcium, but other sources may also provide useful amounts of calcium when dairy foods are excluded from the diet by choice or...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 51) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Aim To examine the feasibility of using a peripheral dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning service in a nurse-led clinic and whether or not it would influence treatment and clinician satisfaction...
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From:Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of ScienceOsteoporosis affects approximately 28 million Americans at an annual cost of nearly $14 billion. While osteoporosis typically shows up in the later years, it has its beginnings early in life and it is important that...
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From:Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Vol. 60, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedRecently, dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) was presented by Murphy et al as a new method for assessing periarticular bone mineral density (BMD) at the knee joint.[1] Precision errors for BMD measured at the...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 33, Issue 9)MANCHESTER, ENGLAND -- The addition of prasterone to standard drug therapy for patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus significantly improved or at least stabilized disease activity in a randomized,...
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From:Consultant (Vol. 40, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT: Osteoporosis affects 25 million Americans and is responsible for 250,000 hip fractures that culminate in 40,000 deaths each year. At risk for postmenopausal osteoporosis are women with a family history of the...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 303, Issue 6793) Peer-ReviewedIn many parts of the world, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is widely used as a contraceptive. The ''depot'' is injected, but dissolves extremely slowly, providing a continuous dose of contraceptive hormone. The...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 308, Issue 6934) Peer-ReviewedBone mass and strength not necessarily correlated Interpretation of a single measurement of bone mass, like evaluation of a child's height, must take age into account. Like cholesterol concentrations, bone mass is...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 312, Issue 7041) Peer-ReviewedDecreased bone mineral density appears to be associated with an increased risk of bone fractures in women. Bone mineral density decreases are characteristic of osteoporosis. Researchers analyzed data from 11 studies that...
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From:Canadian Urological Association Journal (Vol. 10, Issue 5-6) Peer-ReviewedTestosterone replacement therapy may improve some aspects of cognitive ability and depression in men with testosterone deficiency syndrome. Many of the symptoms of testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS)--diminished...