Women’s Health Newsflash: Osteoporosis and Bone Health
Who has time to read it all? Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know in recent women’s health news. Today’s topic: Osteoporosis and bone health.
Alendronate Can Help Prevent Bone Fractures In Many Postmenopausal Women
Giving 10mg per day of the bisphosphate drug alendronate to women after their menopause can help prevent loss of bone mass, reducing their risk of fractures, a Cochrane Review has found. This finding applies to women who have started to lose their bone mass but have no fractures (primary prevention), as well as those who have lost significant bone mass and/or have had fractures (secondary prevention). Read more >>>
Computer Model Developed For Osteoporosis Diagnostics
Osteoporosis, a common age-related disease, is being investigated by a group of biomechanical engineers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna). In the frame of a clinical study, the evolution of vertebral bone density was monitored in patients. The researchers developed a simulation model, and computed the increase in bone strength on the basis of the measured bone density. Looking for the effect of Teriparatide medication, they demonstrated with the help of high-resolution CT images an increase in bone strength of up to 30%. Read more >>>
Turning On Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Bone
The use of a drug to activate stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a new report. The study — led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) — found that treatment with a medication used to treat bone marrow cancer improved bone density in a mouse model of osteoporosis, apparently through its effect on the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that differentiate into several types of tissues. Read more >>>
Key Bone Building Pathway Identified In Mice
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, and Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have uncovered a biochemical signaling pathway that leads to the formation of abnormally large bones in mice. For humans, the discovery may provide clues to both childhood bone formation and osteoporosis –– the loss of bone in old age –– as well as a path to improved osteoporosis treatments. Read more >>>
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