Low bone density or other risk factors? - It is generally assumed that low bone density indicates fracture risk. However, dense bones may not necessarily be sufficient to prevent hip fracture...

Calcium arrests bone loss - A study from the Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand, is the latest to demonstrate that taking calcium can slow or prevent ost...

Preventing bone loss without drugs - Thinning bones has less to do with the menopause than with Western dietary practices, but it can largely be prevented by diet and regular exercise. .....

Preventing bone loss without drugs - One of HRT's big selling points its supposed ability to prevent osteoporosis, and so reduce the likelihood of fractures has been seriously undermined...

Contraceptive can cause bone loss - The injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera may cause a loss of bone density. America’s drugs regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has add...

Hrt: need for better trials - The benefits of hormone replacement therapy could be cancelled out by their risks, according to an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. ....

Hrt: risk higher before menopause - Physicians who freely prescribe hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to women who are approaching, but have not yet reached, menopause may be increasing...

Hrt: dense bones lead to cancer - Long term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the Pill greatly increases the risk of breast cancer in older women, researchers have found. .....