Updated recommendations to prevent and treat osteoporosis
An expert committee of the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) with a multi-specialty council of medical experts in the field of...
Benefits of prunes for postmenopausal women
Among nutritional factors, dried plum (prunes; Prunus domestica L.) is most effective for preventing and reversing bone loss. Researchers in...
Whole-body vibration therapy of bone
Animal studies show beneficial effects, but studies in postmenopausal women are conflicting. Researchers at Toronto, and McMaster University, in Hamilton,...
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Reviewing the reviews of tai chi
Prof. Ernst and a colleague critically evaluated the systematic reviews of tai chi for any improvement of medical conditions or...
More on calcium supplements and the risk of cardiovascular disease
Calcium supplements are widely used to help prevent osteoporosis but have been associated with a possible increase in the risk...
Importance of vitamin D for bisphosphonate therapy
Several studies suggest that the response to bisphosphonates could in part be dependent on circulating blood levels of vitamin D....
Fatty acids and the risk of fracture in women
Fatty acids may be important dietary components that modulate osteoporotic fracture risk. Researchers at The Ohio State University, Columbus, studied...
Vitamin D levels in adolescents with severe mental illness
Research suggests that patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics have low vitamin D blood levels and may have a higher...
TENS for people with osteoporosis
Quadriceps activation deficits (delayed muscle activation, see photo) are common in people with tibiofemoral (knee) osteoarthritis. Researchers at the University...
Status of treatment options for osteoporosis
Researchers at Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, in Hong Kong, China, reviewed the evidence for CAM in the context of the...
The risk of taking a calcium supplement without taking vitamin D
Researchers in the US, UK, and Australia reviewed the evidence and tell us that taking calcium supplements without also taking...
Naprapathy
Type “naprapathy” into Google and — you guessed it, — you’re asked, Did you mean: Naturopathy? No…I meant N A...
Nonpharmacologic management of osteoporosis
This Medscape review covers orthoses, exercise, calcium and vitamin D therapy, and kyphoplasty from an academic perspective.
New vitamin D recommendations from Canada
The results from many studies in the past 2 years make it clear that current vitamin D guidelines aren’t sufficient,...
The Training and Cimicifuega racemosa Erlangen study
Researchers from the University of Erlangen, in Germany studied the effect of adding black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) to exercise. They...
Stop testing Chinese and homeopathic treatments
 For these healing disciplines where the interaction between therapist and patient are so closely entwined and it’s difficult to show...
Searching for the correct dose of vitamin D
In adults, vitamin D deficiency is associated with osteopenia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, fractures, cancer, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cardiovascular...
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Recommendations from Harvard for bone health
The Harvard Women’s Health Watch has published recommendations to lower the risk of fractures due to osteoporosis. I supplemented their...
World osteoporosis day
Yes, yes, yes, it was October 20th, and I missed it. But here’s a summary of CAM research on osteoporosis...
The status of cat’s claw to treat osteoporosis
There are some small studies in patients, and now there’s a review that connects the clinical response and mechanisms of...