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Research Reveals Potential Prevention for Muscle Loss, Obesity, and Diabetes

Research from Nanyang Technological University has revealed breakthroughs regarding how the body loses muscle, potentially opening the door for new treatments to fight aging, obesity, and diabetes. The study is published in the journal Cell Metabolism. Read More

Children Should Exercise to Ward off Osteoporosis

For teens, playing football, soccer, or running for at least three hours a week could aid in counteracting the potential damage to bone health caused by extended time sitting. An international team of researchers have discovered evidence that adolescents who invest long hours in particular sed... Read More

Calcium And Vitamin D Supplements Hold Questionable Value

Handing out prescriptions for calcium and vitamin D supplements for men at risk of bone loss from hormonal treatment for prostate cancer would appear to be beneficial. However, new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center showed that this type of supplementation did not show any improv... Read More

Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Muscle and Bone

Researchers have long known that progressive loss of muscle mass and bone density is part of the natural aging process. However, little work has been done to determine how muscle tissue affects in the inner and outer layers of bone microstructure. A Mayo Clinic study examined skeletal muscle m... Read More

New Hope for Bone Cancer Patients

Bone cancer is a very rare condition, but until the last several years, if it was diagnosed in a limb, it meant certain amputation. But with the introduction of internal prosthetics that can replace diseased bone, everything has changed. Surgeons now have the capacity to reconstruct diseased b... Read More

Inhibiting a Protein Prevents Bone Loss

A new drug inhibits a protein necessary for the formation and function of cells that break down bone, a recent study showed, a development that may have important repercussions for the treatment of diseases that involve bone loss, such as osteoporosis, periodontitis and arthritis. The study, w... Read More

Green Tea May Help Strengthen Bones

Green tea, one of the most popular drinks around the world, may benefit bone health, according to new research from Hong Kong. Researchers suggest it has the potential to help prevent and treat osteoporosis and other bone diseases suffered by millions of people worldwide. Read More

Discovery Hints At the Immune System's Role in Bone Loss

A new study out of UCLA links high cholesterol and osteoporosis and identifies a new role that the body's immune cells play in bone loss. Published in the Journal Clinical Immunology, the research could lead to immune-based approaches for treating osteoporosis. The disease causes fragile bones... Read More

Drug May Cut Bone Healing Time in Half

A drug that was cleared by the government as a treatment for osteoporosis has demonstrated an ability to help bone fractures in older people heal as quickly as in the young, by stimulating the activity and production of stem cells, according to a preliminary study. Read More

Stem Cell Cartilage Offers Hope to Osteoarthritis Sufferers

Cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory may one day repair damaged knees, according to research from UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering. Lead author, Kyriacos Athanasiou and his team used adult stem cells from bone marrow and skin as well as human embryonic stem cells to gro... Read More

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