Breast Cancer: Western diet could be to blame - The western diet of red meat, starch and sweets may be a major cause of breast cancer among postmenopausal women. It could double the risk compared t...

Alzheimer’s: Is it a disease of the Western diet? - Alzheimer’s and dementia may be a result of the Western diet, new research suggests. People who eat a diet that’s rich in fish, omega-3 oils, fruits...

The best calcium supplements - They’re touted as an insurance policy against osteoporosis, but which offers the best payoff? We almost learn it at our mother’s knee: calcium is good...

Calcium for osteoporosis - Women with low bone density after menopause can slow or prevent osteoporosis by a combination of exercise and calcium supplementation to an acceptable...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones - How accurate is bone testing? - Currently, most screening systems measure bone mineral density (BMD). Susan Ott, associate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, has w...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones - A step by-step guide: beating osteoporosis without drugs - Osteoporosis is mainly a lifestyle disease. There's good evidence that exercise and diet alone can prevent it (J Bone Miner Res, 1988; 3:145-9). The f...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones osteoporosis: a load of old bones - Medicine claims to be able to both prevent and treat osteoporosis. however, many of these so-called cures may actually cause the condition. - These days, medicine is waxing optimistic about osteoporosis, announcing that there are more opportunities than ever before to make this crippling dis...

Weight loss can be bad for the bones in postmenopausal women. - ...