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Drug Companies Exaggerate Benefits of Osteoporosis Drugs to Women

8/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) Studies published by drug companies exaggerate the benefit of osteoporosis drugs to women who do not have the disease, according to a report published in the journal BMJ. Drug companies attempt to erase the distinction between osteoporosis...

Author and Nutritionist David Wolfe Discusses Nutritional Myths

8/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Fountain of Youth Summit, which can be found at (http://fountainofyouthworldsummit.com) . In this excerpt, David Wolfe shares on the myths about calcium and life changing MSM. The Fountain...

Diabetes Drug Avandia Causes Brittle Bones, Researchers Declare

7/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) The widely used diabetes drug rosiglitazone, marketed as Avandia, may increase the risk of brittle bones and osteoporosis, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, and published...

Strong Body, Strong Bones - Six Steps to Prevent Osteoporosis

7/1/2008 - (NaturalNews) Did you know that osteoporosis affects men as well as women? While nearly 8 million women in the United States are currently diagnosed with osteoporosis, an additional 2 million men suffer from the disease as well. The good news is that...

Osteoporosis Drugs Found to Cause Severe Pain in Muscles, Joints and Bones

6/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA has issued a new warning that a popular class of osteoporosis drugs may lead to severe, chronic and even permanent pain in muscles, joints and bones. The agency has known of this risk from the drug class known as bisphosphonates...

Broken Bones Blamed on Osteoporosis When Vitamin D Deficiency Is the Culprit

4/25/2008 - (NaturalNews) You are female, over 50, post-menopausal and you keep breaking bones. In fact, you need a hip or knee replacement. The diagnosis? Most likely, your problem will be blamed on osteoporosis. But the real reason you have brittle bones could...

Natural Approaches for the Prevention of Oral Cancer and Periodontal Disease

4/3/2008 - (NaturalNews) This article is a chapter excerpt from the new book Winning The War On Cancer by Dr. Mark Sircus AC., OMD. It offers some very clear and personal experiences we can have with many of the basic substances in the IMVA cancer protocol. Meaning...

The Healing Benefits of Sunlight and Vitamin D

3/26/2008 - (NaturalNews) Whilst avoiding the harsher elements of direct sunlight is not only wise but is necessary, avoiding the sun all together and as the result, not getting enough direct sunlight on our skin, is even more problematic. So, let’s examine the benefits...

FDA Posts MedWatch Side Effect Alert for Osteoporosis Drugs

2/20/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA recently issued a statement that bisphosphonate drugs used to treat osteoporosis may cause “severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle pain”. The information was posted on the FDA MedWatch website, the agency’s...

Fosamax and Reclast Linked to Risk for Serious Atrial Fibrillation

12/26/2007 - (NaturalNews) On October 1, 2007 the FDA announced plans to review the safety of bisphosphonate drugs used to treat osteoporosis in light of two studies published earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine. * Researchers found that the...

Depression, Osteoporosis Correlation Misreported by Junk Science Media, Ill-Informed Health Researchers

12/11/2007 - Conventional medical researchers around the world are scratching their heads over new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that shows a strong correlation between depression and osteoporosis. Amazingly, none of them apparently have...

Strontium Reduces Risk of Vertebral Fractures

11/28/2007 - (NaturalNews) Research spanning a century has shown that strontium, a naturally occurring trace mineral, is an important component of healthy bone tissue. Researchers from around the world have found that, in pharmaceutical doses, it dramatically increases...

Strontium: An Alternative Treatment For Osteoporosis

11/14/2007 - (NaturalNews) Research spanning a century has shown that strontium, a naturally occurring trace mineral, is an important component of healthy bone tissue. Researchers from around the world have found that, in pharmaceutical doses, it dramatically increases...

Vitamin D halts development of osteoporosis in people taking antiseizure medications

10/9/2007 - (NaturalNews) Supplementing with high levels of vitamin D can help stem the bone loss caused by the long-term use of antiseizure medication, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. It has long been known that the antiseizure medications...

Most Americans Unaware of Dietary Links to Bone Health, Survey Reveals

8/20/2007 - (NaturalNews) The majority of people in the United States are poorly informed about the prevalence of osteoporosis, according to a study conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for nutritional supplement manufacturer GTC Nutrition. Opinion Research...

Omega-3 fatty acids boost bone density in men

4/9/2007 - The presence of omega-3 fatty acids in young men is linked to "peak bone mass" or bone mineral density, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study found that 22-year-old men with the highest levels...

FDA to allow osteoporosis prevention claims for calcium, vitamin D

1/10/2007 - (NaturalNews) A recent proposal from the Food and Drug Administration will allow certain foods and dietary supplements containing calcium and vitamin D to make positive health claims, but one health author says the agency should not be able to censor...

Consuming cola may up osteoporosis risk for older women (press release)

11/22/2006 - According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, approximately 55 percent of Americans, mostly women, are at risk of developing osteoporosis, a disease of porous and brittle bones that causes higher susceptibility to bone fractures. Now, Katherine...

Study Suggests Vitamin K Deficiency as an Osteoporosis Risk Factor (press release)

11/7/2006 - A new study by Jane Lukacs of the University of Michigan School of Nursing suggests that the impairment of vitamin K function could compromise bone health and contribute to the development of osteoporosis. The study found that one of the early effects...

Ancient Eastern Exercise Cures Osteoporosis (press release)

10/19/2006 - If you know anything about the debilitating bone disease called osteoporosis will also know that it is incurable. You would know that this disease extracts calcium from the bones making them brittle over time. No matter how much calcium you try to supplement...

Drinking cola raises osteoporosis risk in women, regardless of calcium intake

10/9/2006 - (NaturalNews) Women of all ages who regularly drink cola run a much higher risk of developing the brittle bones disease osteoporosis than women who don't drink cola, according to a new study by Tufts University researchers. The study, published in...

Researchers reveal how long-term use of anti-inflammatory medication can cause osteoporosis (press release)

9/28/2006 - The steroid hormones glucocorticoids (GCs) are used at high doses to treat inflammatory and immune disorders, however they prompt bone loss and can cause osteoporosis, particularly when administered for prolonged periods. In a study appearing online...

Vitamin K deficiency found to promote osteoporosis in women

9/25/2006 - (NaturalNews) While a deficiency of vitamin K -- a vitamin essential for bone health -- is considered rare by conventional medicine, a recent study by University of Michigan School of Nursing researchers has found that many women in early post-menopause...

The four steps to getting more vitamin D to prevent cancer, osteoporosis, depression and more

9/25/2006 - After years of denying the health benefits of sunlight, conventional researchers are finally starting to recognize the important role that ultraviolet light plays in human health. Getting sunlight on your skin, research now shows, is extremely important...

New research: Soy germ isoflavones reduce bone loss (press release)

9/11/2006 - A new study published in this month's European Journal of Nutrition demonstrates a strong correlation between reducing bone loss in non-obese postmenopausal women and the dose-dependent effect of soy germ isoflavones, particularly SoyLife®. These findings...

Vitamin D signals to prevent bone loss during osteoporosis (press release)

8/31/2006 - The risk of bone fracture resulting from falls increases as we age due to bone loss and osteoporosis. Physicians have routinely prescribed vitamin D and vitamin D–related drugs to retard bone loss, but until now, little was known about the specific targets...

Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy could reduce osteoporosis in children (press release)

8/24/2006 - Vitamin D supplementation of pregnant women could lead to longlasting reduction in osteoporotic fractures in their children, according to a study published in this week's issue of The Lancet. The study shows that children whose mothers were lacking in...

Big Pharma / FDA revving up male osteoporosis drug push

8/24/2006 - (NaturalNews) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new drug manufactured by Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi-Aventis to treat male osteoporosis. The drug -- Actonel (risedronate sodium) -- is already widely prescribed...

Heart Attack, Osteoporosis Linked in Men Over 50 (press release)

8/22/2006 - Men who have survived a heart attack are at increased risk of bone loss and osteoporosis in later life, says Tulane University researcher Jeanette H. Magnus. “We have long known that heart disease and osteoporosis have similar risk factors, but this...

Weight-bearing Sports Build Bone Strength in Girls (press release)

8/14/2006 - For adolescent girls, sports such as soccer—which combines weight-bearing exercise with repetitive impact from running and jumping—have the greatest effect in increasing bone density, thus reducing the lifelong risk of osteoporosis, reports a study in...

Infant bone growth and maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy influence future fracture risk (press release)

7/21/2006 - Can bones remember? According to new research presented at the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis in Toronto, Canada they can. Not in the traditional sense, of course, but in that their vulnerability to osteoporosis and fractures depends on how the bones...

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