Inactivity in Men Is Linked to Broken Bones, Study Says
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Sedentary men are more than one and a half times as likely as active ones to suffer a broken bone, and more than two and a half times as likely to break a hip, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Declining physical performance among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency, results of a new study suggest.
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People in their 50s and 60s who get regular exercise are about 35 percent less likely to die within eight years than inactive people in the same age group, says a University of Michigan Health System study.
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Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found. Being too thin is a problem, too.
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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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Specialization and year-round play are putting active kids at increased risk of crippling injury
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Two large studies -- one on men and the other on women -- reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that elderly people who walked were more likely to maintain cognitive function.
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Calcium supplements can reduce the risk of bone fractures by 24 percent in the elderly, according to a study published Friday in the British journal The Lancet.
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NEW YORK  - Boston researchers report a  link between low serum levels of vitamin D and decreased knee  function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
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A genetic mutation and environmental factors before and after birth can increase the risk of suffering from brittle bone disease decades later, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Beer bellies might take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it. Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.
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Calcium supplements may reduce the risk for bone fracture in older people, provided the supplements are taken regularly and in large enough doses.
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Older people who take calcium supplements alone or in combination with vitamin D reduce their risk of bone fractures by 12 percent, according to findings researchers said offer important insights into osteoporosis.
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Two studies have found that the use of S.S.R.I.âs is associated with an increased rate of bone density loss in older people.
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Working in a job that requires  a continuous level of high physical effort may decrease the  likelihood of a man developing prostate cancer, researchers  report.
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Five behaviors in elderly men are associated not only with living into extreme old age, a new study has found, but also with good health and independent functioning.
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New research does not support  the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is  therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators  corrected for the mechanical loading effect of increasing body  weight, suggests the opposite.