Chronic Iron Deficiency as an Emerging Risk Factor for Osteoporosis: A Hypothesis (Review) Laura Toxqui and M. Pilar Vaquero * Abstract: Iron is essential in oxygen transport and participates in many enzymatic systems in the body, with important roles in collagen synthesis and vitamin D metabolism. The relationship between iron and bone health comes from […]
Prevalance of Osteoporosis: 28 million Americans (10 million with osteoporosis; 18 million with low bone mass); eight million American women and 2 million men (NWHIC) Read Full Article
in Women With Postmenopausal Osteoporosis – A Randomized Controlled Trial Context Risedronate, a potent bisphosphonate, has been shown to be effective in the treatment of Paget disease of bone and other metabolic bone diseases but, to our knowledge, it has not been evaluated in the treatment of established postmenopausal osteoporosis. Objective To test the efficacy […]
From The Wall Street Journal By Dana Wechsler Linden – March 23, 2015 According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis is widely known as a women’s disease, but as many as one in four men in the U.S. over the age of 50 is likely to face higher risk of osteoporosis. A recent study, which was […]