Article: Long-term effects of progestins on bone quality and fractures

Article: Study shows risedronate sodium tablets helped preserve bone quality at 5 years.
Biotech Week;  October 15, 2003 ;     507 words ......helped preserve important aspects of bone quality at 5 years in postmenopausal women with...Research (ASBMR). Studies suggest that bone quality may be an important contributor to bone...therapies such as risedronate affect bone quality, said principal investigator Eleftherios...

Article: Cranberry juice improved antioxidant status without affecting bone quality in orchidectomized male rats.
Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......that drinking citrus juice improves bone quality in orchidectomized senescent male rats...effect of drinking cranberry juice on bone quality in orchidectomized rats. Methods: Thirty-t...and the 4th lumbar were evaluated for bone quality. Total calcium and magnesium concentration...

Article: Uncemented primary press-fit total hip arthroplasty: a 3 to 6 years of experience/Authors' reply
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  August 1, 2007 ;     269 words ......option in younger patients with good bone quality and a trumpet shaped femur". In their...is not sensitive enough to determine bone quality.2 This may lead to patients with poor bone quality receiving this implant. The gold standard...

Article: Schleswig-Holstein University details research in ultrasonic research.
Journal of Technology;  August 18, 2008 ;     291 words ......very relevant for the assessment of bone quality. A representative sample of recent studies...tools for measuring specific aspects of bone quality. Once this is achieved, we will be able...in vivo to determine which aspects of bone quality cause QUS to be a predictor of fracture...

Article: Actonel(R) Helped Preserve Bone Quality at Five Years, New Data Show.
PR Newswire;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......helped preserve important aspects of bone quality at five years in postmenopausal women...Research (ASBMR). Studies suggest that bone quality may be an important contributor to bone...therapies such as risedronate affect bone quality, said principal investigator Eleftherios...

Article: Reports outline bone research research from Y. Kaya and colleagues.(Report)
Biotech Week;  December 17, 2008 ;     488 words ......report (see also Bone Research). The bone quality of both mental regions in each patient...images of the SCTs were evaluted for bone quality according to the Lekholm and Zarb classification...was also examined and correlated with bone quality. Paired samples t test and Pearson's...

Article: Bone Quality Assessment Meeting Scheduled
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  April 1, 2005 ;     168 words ......will be offering a scientific meeting and symposium on "Bone Quality: What Is It and Can We Measure It?" on May 2 and 3 in Bethesda...novel" mechanisms to bring together research efforts on bone quality to move the field forward. For more information, see the...

Article: USE OF PROGESTINS: A SURVEY OF 2591 FRENCH PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN ENROLLED IN A COHORT STUDY
Gynecological Endocrinology;  February 1, 2004 ;     461 words ...SS67 On one hand, the role of progestins use on breast cancer risk is controversial...medicine concerning the efEcacy of progestins in premenopause is poor. Our aim was to estimate prevalence of progestins use among French premcnopausal women...

Article: Osteoporosis: many drugs prescribed, not so many hip fractures avoided.(Drug overview)
HealthFacts;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......bone density, but other factors like bone quality and muscle strength are also important...least since 2000, that bone strength or bone quality are better predictors of hip fracture...combination of bone mineral density and bone quality. But here's the rub: There is no test...

Article: Reports from Texas A&M University, Department of Human Sciences advance knowledge in osteoporosis animal studies.
Women's Health Weekly;  October 23, 2008 ;     418 words ......increases antioxidant status and improves bone quality in orchidectomized rats,' is the subject...status and indices of bone turnover. Bone quality and mineral contents in the bone, urine...lowered (p <0.05) antioxidant status, bone quality, bone mineral contents and elevated...

Article: The Roles of Bone Mineral Density, Bone Turnover, and Other Properties in Reducing Fracture Risk During Antiresorptive Therapy
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......sometimes collectively referred to as bone quality. Antiresorptive agents may reduce fracture...the most convincing evidence of good bone quality. Data from well-designed randomized...data) suggest no deleterious effects on bone quality. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005;80(3):379-388...

Article: Experimental Hyperhomocysteinemia Reduces Bone Quality in Rats
Clinical Chemistry;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......not differ between groups. Conclusion: Bone quality is consistently decreased in the presence...we investigated the effect of HHCY on bone quality and bone metabolism. On the basis of...hypothesized that an isolated HHCY can reduce bone quality in a concentration-dependent manner...

Article: Crescent Diagnostics Secures Venture Capital Financing.
PR Newswire;  June 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Advance the Development of Its Novel Bone Quality Test LONDON, June 13 /PRNewswire...diagnostic company focused on advancing its Bone Quality Test (BQT), discovered through the work...fracture risk than DEXA. Awareness of bone quality as an important factor in bone health...

Article: Researchers from University of Calgary publish new studies and findings in the area of bone research.(Report)
Biotech Week;  September 17, 2008 ;     458 words ......computed tomography for measurement of bone quality' have been presented. According to a...measuring three important indicators of bone quality (micro-architectural morphology, mineralization...reproducibility of HR-pQCT to monitor bone quality longitudinally, and a basis for ...