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Article: Human Parathyroid Hormone Could Be Potent New Therapy.(for osteoporosis)
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- June 8, 2001
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2001 JUN 8 - (NewsRx Network) -- A substance secreted by four tiny glands in the neck could provide the most powerful treatment to date for osteoporosis.
In the May 10, 2001, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researcher working with scientists elsewhere reported that postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who took daily doses of human parathyroid hormone had significantly fewer spine and nonspine fractures. By promoting bone formation, the hormone also significantly increased bone density in their spine, hip, and total body.
"The key to parathyroid hormone's fracture-thwarting powers is that it ...