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Osteoporosis

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29 Jul, 2011

Last year, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that popular over-the-counter proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) — a class of drugs used to alleviate heartburn — could possibly increase the risk of bone fractures, especially in people using them long term. Worse still, if you’re female and you develop bone fractures because of over-doing it on PPIs, you could find yourself getting a misdiagnosis for osteoporosis — a disease that makes bones weak and more likely to break... Before you know it, you’ll be taking bisphosphonates — widely prescribed osteoporosis drugs. Recently, studies have already linked bisphosphonates to ‘bone death’ and abnormal fractures, which is rather uncanny for a drug that is supposed to prevent fractures... and more recent findings have now also linked these drugs to the increased risk of oesophageal cancer!


 
12 Aug, 2010

A meta- analysis published in the July issue of the British Journal of Medicine (BMJ), which reported that calcium supplementation can significantly increase the risk of having a heart attack. The BMJ review of 11 trials involving 12,000 people, found those taking calcium supplements equal to 500mg or more per day had a 27 per cent greater chance of suffering a heart attack, compared with people not taking them.


 
15 Mar, 2010

The drug Fosamax is used to treat osteoporosis and osteopenia. It is supposed to strengthen bones to offset bone-weakening problems... but ironically, it turns out that it may actually be weakening them even more!


 
21 Jan, 2009

According to a new study antioxidant pigments (carotenoids) from plants may protect against bone loss in older men and women. Living things obtain their colours, with few exceptions, from natural pigments. Among the most common and most important natural pigments are the carotenoids. In human beings, carotenoids can serve several important functions. The most widely studied and well-understood nutritional role for carotenoids is their pro-vitamin A activity.



 
16 Jul, 2007

Healthy women who want to take active steps to promote bone health might have a few questions after reading this headline above a NutraIngredients-USA article: 'Dietary Calcium Better for Bones than Supplements - Study' So what does this mean? Are calcium supplements ineffective? Should women forget about supplements and just drink a gallon of milk every day? A closer look at the article - and the study - reveals useful answers (along with insights from our nutrition physician, HSI Panelist Dr Allan Spreen).
 
13 Mar, 2007

Today we'll look at a study that underlines the importance of a vitamin that's a key player in bone health: K2Among vitamin K's various forms, K1 and K2 are the two basics.
 
29 Jan, 2007

Poverty of the bone - that's the literal translation of 'osteopenia,' which combines the Latin word for bone (osteo), and the Greek word for poverty (penia).
 
02 Oct, 2006

Vitamin B-12 deficiency is a key risk factor for osteoporosis.
 
31 Jul, 2006

Mention vitamins A to E, and most people will know why they need them and what foods contain them.

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