Bone loss, which is a common side effect of treatment based on steroids for adults, does not affect children with nephrotic syndrome who are administered with steroid drugs.
Childhood nephrotic syndrome, which is believed to affect 3 out of 100,000 children, results in reduced ability of the body for removing salt and water from [...]
August 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Approximately 15 million men in the United States alone are afflicted with low levels of testosterone and a big part of this population either remains undiagnosed or untreated.
Low testosterone levels have a considerable influence on sexual urge and testosterone is effective against prevention of osteoporosis and helps in preserving lean body mass, according to Dr. [...]
July 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Osteoporosis induced by steroids can be better treated with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone, than Alendronate.
The involved researchers remarked that patients with osteoporosis patients when treated with teriparatide for a period of 36 months had a greater increase in bone mineral density (BMD) and fewer new vertebral [...]
June 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Results from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW) have suggested that there is a failure to perceive the implications of critical risk factors among women even though they are at increased risk for fractures associated with osteoporosis.
The study from GLOW, which is based at the Center for Outcomes Research at the University [...]
May 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Women are at a higher risk of osteoporosis-associated fractures but still most of them are unaware of this condition, according to a serious international public health concern that was raised by researchers after results from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW).
The study also suggested that there is a [...]
May 4, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a study published in an edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers have been able to find out the key details of how rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could possibly destroy bone.
The findings are seen as already guiding efforts to design new drugs for reversing loss of bone related to rheumatoid arthritis and may [...]
April 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Corticosteroids, the drugs that simultaneously deliver potent therapeutic effects and potentially severe adverse effects, can bring a remarkably complex ‘domino effect’ of genomic changes, as per a landmark paper by pharmaceutical scientists at University at Buffalo.
The paper was published online in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (JPET).
From Sciencedaily.com:
What sets the work of the [...]
April 26, 2010 | Posted in
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A human trial of the latest osteoporosis drug is just about to get started by Endocrinologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC for offering relief to osteoporosis patients suffering from weakened bones.
Principal investigator Mara J. Horwitz, M.D., an assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Pitt School [...]
March 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Bone mineral density (BMD) is increased by as much as 2 percent by injectable teriparatide (foreto) when compared to oral alendronate (fosamax) in a head-to-head comparison, as per a recent study.
Kenneth Saag, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his colleagues, said that teriparatide is effective for ensuring improvements in BMD level at [...]
February 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Teriparatide, which is a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone, is a better form of treating glucocorticoid-induced (OP) than alendronate, as per a recent study.
The involved researchers found out that patients suffering from glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and treated with teriparatide for a period of 36 months show significant improvements in terms of BMD (bone mineral [...]
January 27, 2010 | Posted in
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