Discover why adults over 65 require additional vitamin D, from declining skin production to medication interactions, and ...

Half an hour into a street dance class at Pineapple Dance Studios, my heart’s pumping, I’m high on endorphins and close to imagining I’m moving like Jennifer Lopez – until a glimpse in the mirror ...

The vivacious broadcaster started on HRT (hormone replacement therapy) estrogen patches in her late forties for menopause symptoms. She describes it as “life-saving” for her and Scott, who thought she ...

Medicare covers a bone density test every two years under specific criteria. This may be because a person has osteoporosis, estrogen deficiency, or primary hyperparathyroidism, for example.

Air pollution could lead to changes in certain metabolites that may be partially responsible for bone mineral density loss in ...

It’s a good time to remind women 60 or older to receive a bone density scan. Today  Dr. Mimi Kokoska, Chief Medical Officer ...

Despite the benefits associated with long-term weight loss that are achievable with bariatric surgery, such procedures lead to abnormal bone and mineral metabolism. In a prospective 1-year study ...

What happens to bone-mineral density (BMD) in such women? Researchers randomized 489 women (age range, 65 to 77; mean, 72) to receive 3-year courses of HRT, calcitriol, both treatments ...

A silent threat now emerging among young adults is osteopenia, a condition marked by lower-than-normal bone mineral density that can progress into osteoporosis if left unchecked. What was once ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — Researchers have combined injections of a novel hydrogel with systemic osteoporosis drugs in rats, achieving rapid local increases in bone density. The results offer hope for ...