Half of Older Adults May Face Weak Bones -Report
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Americans of all ages must do more to protect their bones now to protect themselves from fractures and other related problems later in life, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - A drug used to restore the strength of brittle bones by reducing the process of bone resorption has been shown to benefit women 80 years of age or older.
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Older women who take calcium supplements to maintain bone strength may have an increased risk of heart attack, researchers in New Zealand said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Women who want to keep their bones strong after menopause may be better off eating plenty of calcium-rich food than relying on supplements for their intake of the mineral, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly men who consume more  dairy products have stronger bones, and the effect is the same  in both black and white men, a new 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  - Research suggests that impaired   mobility and balance among obese older adults with type 2   diabetes may be related to their low muscle power, which   results from their inability to quickly contract their muscles.
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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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Americans of all ages must do more  to protect their bones now to protect themselves from fractures  and other related problems later in life, U.S. health officials  warned on Thursday.
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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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Research suggests that impaired  mobility and balance among obese older adults with type 2  diabetes may be related to their low muscle power, which  results from their inability to quickly contract their muscles.
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NEW YORK  - Women with higher or lower  blood levels of vitamin A than average appear to be at  increased risk of hip fracture, according to a report in the  American Journal of Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - Vitamin D2 supplements plus calcium may lower the risk of falls among older women who have a high risk of falling, according to a year-long clinical study conducted in Perth, Australia.
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SUNDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- A generation or two ago, dentures were common among the elderly, even the middle-aged.
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Black women are known to have higher bone mineral density, associated with stronger bones, than white women. New findings suggest that one reason for this may be due to the slower rate of bone loss among elderly black women.
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Elderly women with moderate  kidney dysfunction are considerably more likely to experience  hip fracture than those without impaired kidneys, researchers  report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - A lack of sunshine doesn't appear to be responsible for the lower vitamin D levels that are observed in older, heavier, adults, a new study shows.