Nutrients 2013, 5, 3964-3974; doi:10.3390 / nu5103964 / ISSN 2072-6643 Abstract: Concern has recently arisen about the potential adverse effects of excessive calcium intakes, i.e., calcium loading from supplements, on arterial calcification and risks of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in older adults. Published reports that high calcium intakes in free-living adults have relatively little or […]
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 […]
Mark P.Mattson and Sic L. Chan Apoptosis is a feature of many diseases and is critical for the sculpting and maintenance of tissues. New work demonstrates that calcium released from the endoplasmic reticulum synchronizes the mass exodus of cytochrome c from the mitochondria, a phenomenon that coordinates apoptosis. One unresolved problem in cell biology has […]
CBHI, 18, Oct 2017, Canada http://cbhi.info/ How to know the increased level of ioniC calcium in serum No.NTS20171018 Calcium is an essential mineral in the human body. It is stored in not only bones and teeth, but also serum in deferent forms (plasma Ionic calcium, protein calcium, etc.). Ionic calcium that is present in […]
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 […]