Exercise Pill One Step Closer To Reality For Osteoporosis Patients

For osteoporosis patients unable to exercise, help may be on the way. That’s because scientists have discovered precisely how mechanical stress, such as exercise, promotes new bone growth. This opens the door to entirely new therapies that can trick bones into thinking they are getting a workout. The research report describing this advance is published online inThe [...]

New Way Of Growing Bone Could Help Make New Drugs To Fight Osteoporosis

US researchers have discovered a new way of growing bone that could open the door to developing new drugs to fight osteoporosis and other degenerative bone diseases by directly intercepting cellular processes that control the formation and breakdown of bone in the body.
The study was led by Dr Diane Gesty-Palmer, Assistant Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism [...]

Treating Bone Loss In Breast Cancer Survivors

Osteoporosis is a growing concern among breast cancersurvivors and their doctors, because certain cancer drugs can cause bone loss.
Many breast cancer patients also experience secondary causes of bone loss, such asvitamin D deficiency.
But a Loyola University Health System study has found that bone loss can be halted with a comprehensive regimen that includes both osteoporosis drugs and [...]