HDL cholesterol and bone mineral density: Is there a genetic link? Cheryl L. Ackert-Bicknell Abstract Overwhelming evidence has linked cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, but the shared root cause of these two diseases of the elderly remains unknown. Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) and bone mineral density (BMD) are risk factors for cardiovascular […]
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 […]