Osteoporosis
News, opinions and meeting coverage in endocrinology.
<ѻý>ASCO: Five Years of Arimidex Causes Bone Lossѻý>
ATLANTA — Five years of breast cancer adjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor, can lead to a 6% to 7% loss of bone mineral density, a trigger for osteoporosis for women who are borderline osteopenic when they begin treatment, investigators reported here.
Jun 04, 2006
<ѻý>Certain Exercise Proposed to Reduce Hip Fracture Risk in Elderlyѻý>
CAMBRIDGE, England-If hip fractures in the elderly are caused by thinning of the femur that leads to bone buckling in a fall, as a team here contends, cycling, rowing or gymnastics might strengthen the femoral neck and reduce the fracture risk.
Jul 07, 2005