Current activity affects bone density in men
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NEW YORK  - The more time young men spend engaging in high-impact physical exercise, the greater their bone mineral density, a new study of medical students shows.
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NEW YORK  - New research shows that it&#39;s possible to identify men with slowly progressive or latent prostate cancer, reflected by prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels that remain stable or fall over time.
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Dec. 13 issue - Does one of the chemical culprits behind heart disease also play a role in osteoporosis, the loss of bone mass that affects 75 million Americans, Europeans and Japanese?
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NEW YORK  - The results of a study published in the International Journal of Cancer indicate there is an association between dietary calcium and the risk of prostate cancer.
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Doctors generally do not take measures to prevent or treat osteoporosis, the loss of bone mass, in men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone therapy, even when other risk factors are present, according to new research.
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Study indicates potential of alendronate and estrogen progression of osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by cartilage degradation and bone abnormalities, is a leading cause of disability among elderly
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WASHINGTON - Half of Americans older than 50 will be at risk of fractures from too-thin bones by 2020, the surgeon general warned Thursday, urging people to get more calcium, vitamin D and exercise to avoid crippling osteoporosis.    The bone-thinning disease is on the rise as the population grays - but weak bones aren't a natural consequence of aging, Surgeon General Richard Carmona stressed...
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A new study says there's no excuse not to get a bone density scan
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An experimental drug injected twice a year may prevent bone loss in postmenopausal women with low bone density, claims a new study funded by the drug&#39;s maker.
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Men who remarry appear to put their feet up - tending to do less exercise and putting on weight, researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - In men, young and old, strength training boosts levels of testosterone, growth hormone, and cortisol -- hormones associated with enhanced muscle mass and function, a study shows.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - An increasingly popular  prostate cancer treatment also makes bones brittle and may be  responsible for over 3,000 fractures each year in the United  States, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - In elderly women, adding vitamin D to regular calcium supplements produces long-term improvements in hip bone density, researchers report.
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People with low bone mineral density (BMD) are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, researchers report. Low BMD is also associated with all-cause dementia in women, but not men.
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NEW YORK  - Men with long-term diabetes may have a reduced risk of prostate cancer, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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NEW YORK  - Although use of testosterone supplements may increase lean body mass and reduce fat mass in older men, it does not improve functional mobility or mental ability, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association for January 2.
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NEW YORK  - Testosterone levels in men  decline with age, and this could have an effect on their mental  well-being. However, experiments in healthy young men indicate  that artificially shutting down androgens -- male hormones --  doesn't have much effect on their mood, according to a new  report.