Technological revolution has pioneered the health care industry into realms unimaginable. People who are the beating heart and soul of health industries have been claiming that mankind in its physical being and state is not only the reflection of the reality of nature but also by-products of diet, level of physical activity and supplements, to [...]
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osteoporosis
Life-Extending Property of Osteoporosis Drugs Revealed
A long-term study from Australia’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research links the osteoporosis-fighting bisphosphonate drugs to longer life. The researchers noted patients suffering from bone degeneration who were treated with bisphosphonates lived five years longer on average than people who did not take the medication. The researchers in the study involving 2,000 elderly osteoporosis patients [...]
Osteoporosis Sufferers Live Longer Due to Bisphosphonates
A recent report from Australia says researchers may have unlocked a secret to long life that would benefit those who suffer from osteoporosis. The report from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research says osteoporosis patients taking bisphosphonate drugs lived five years longer on average than the general population. Culling its data from the long-running Dubbo [...]
Osteoporosis Less Likely in Pear-Shaped Women
Women who have fats in their hips and legs are less likely to have osteoporosis than women with visceral fats hidden deep inside abdominal muscle tissues. This was the finding in a study conducted by researchers from the Harvard Medical School that was presented in the recent Chicago meeting of the Radiological Society of North [...]
Bone-Building Pills Up Throat Cancer Risks
Taking bone-strengthening pills called bisphosphonates for years is believed to increase the chances of contracting esophageal cancer, a new study published in the British Medical Journal has concluded. The new research culled its data from the same database used in another research which reported just last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association [...]