Bone Mass

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- Fat mass helps build bone mass in girls - 8.2
- Obesity may be bad for bone health - 4.9
- Merck's Odanacatib increases bone mineral density - 4.5
- Dense bones linked to prostate cancer risk - 4.3
- Bone density related to bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis patients - 4
- Osteoporosis drugs increase bone necrosis risk - 4
- Bone density unnecessary in women taking osteoporosis drugs - 3.9
- Breast cancer spread stopped by bone drug - 3.8
- HIV infected at higher risk for bone fractures - 3.7
- Prolia - new injectable osteoporosis treatment for postmenopausal women - 3.6

Bone Mass articles

Fat mass helps build bone mass in girls
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), fat mass is important in increasing bone size and thickness, but this effect appears to be stronger in girls than boys.

Osteoporosis drug may improve immune system
An osteoporosis drug zoledronic acid (Reclast) proven to save lives after hip fractures may do so by strengthening the body's immune system, revealed by geriatrics researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

Osteoporotic fracture risky in older adults
Women and men age 60 years or older who have a low-trauma osteoporotic fracture have an increased risk of death for the following 5 to 10 years, compared to the general population, and those who experience another fracture increase their risk of death further for an additional 5 years, according to a study in the February 4 issue of JAMA.

Predicting hip fracture risk in postmenopausal women
To help doctors predict the five-year risk of hip fractures in their postmenopausal patients, a team of UC Davis researchers has developed a method that assesses nearly a dozen factors, including age, ethnicity and level of physical activity.

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