Take soy protein to reduce risk of bone fractures
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Peter C.
... ease consumption of calcium and vitamin D to retard bone loss. According to the Shanghai Women's Health Study, women who ate the most soy protein had a 37% lower risk of bone fracture as compared to women who ate the least soy, particularly among women in the early years following menopause. Soy protein was also found to have beneficial effects on ...
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Bone Fracture Risk Doubles After Obesity Surgery
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DiseaseProof
Speaking at this year’s The Endocrine Society's annual meeting, scientists say bone fracture rate is higher among people who have underwent bariatric surgery. Researchers studied 90 people who had either vertical banded gastroplasty or biliopancreatic diversi ...
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Soy protein cuts bone fracture risk -study
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Cathy T.
Eating soy-based foods lessens the progress of osteoporosis in women after menopause, when hormonal changes can rapidly thin bones and increase the risk of fractures, researchers said on Monday. Bone loss is particularly quick in women during the five to seven years after menopause when a drop-off in estrogen levels may cause th ...
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Soy Protein Cuts Bone Fracture Risk
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Cathy T.
CHICAGO -- Eating soy-based foods lessens the progress of osteoporosis in women after menopause, when hormonal changes can rapidly thin bones and increase the risk of fractures, researchers said on Monday. Bone loss is particularly quick in women during the five to seven years after menopause when a drop-off in estrogen levels may cause th ...
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Vitamin K supplement may help prevent bone fractures and cancers
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Dr. John Z.
A vitamin K1 supplement does not protect against age-related decreasing bone density, but may protect against fractures and cancers in postmenopausal women.
However, Dr. Angela Cheung, the lead author of the study, cautioned that although the clinical trial observations on fractures ...
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"Significantly Higher Bone Fracture Risk" for HIV-infected Patients
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Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) has published a new study which claims the HIV infection puts patients at a considerably higher risk of bone fractures. “Previous studies had indicated towards reduced bone density among HIV-infected patients but not much was known about patients being more prone to fractures", said ...
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Stress Fractures
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Greg Katz
... ife the stress you live is your greatest nemesis.The idea that when the body, particularly the bones, are under tremendous stress as seen by those who are athletes the stress fracture is minute, but can have a huge impact on their performance. What we know about stress is that it can cause illness, but we think once the damage is done what more ca ...
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Fracturing
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Adam P.
... e on preparation to leave the country as a missionary. I remember one evening in particular that was fairly stressful. I could feel my personality decouple from the me, and fracture into about five archetypal persons. Sounds strange. It was very visual in my mind and intense. It's not the Multiple Personality thing, because they didn't talk (t ...
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Fractured coccyx
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Susan ..
now i know why iwas in so much pain this weekend. fractured my coccyx. Does that mean I am a pain in the ass?? I had taken this post down, but someone wanted to see it, so, I"ts up. It OK though, I can live with lower back ...
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