Pointing the bone at osteoporosis
Further Reading
5 April 2008, page 12
To strengthen bones, suck out the marrow (by Colin Barras)
Describes a method of healing broken or fractured bones by removing bone marrow.
13 December 2003, page 4
Furore over HRT
Looks at research into the risks associated with HRT.
8 August 2003
Long-term HRT doubles breast cancer risk (by Shaoni Bhattacharya)
Questions the benefit of long-term hormone replacement therapy.
9 July 2002
New data halts largest HRT trial (by Sylvia Pagán Westphal)
Data show that the risks of long term HRT outweigh the benefits.
12 January 2002, page 14
Best catch 'em young...but it's never too late to build up fragile bones (by Alison Motluk)
Describes the importance of exercise to bone-building in children and a new drug that can reverse bone loss in older people.
6 May 2000, page 20
Bone relief (by Nell Boyce)
Describes two new ways of targeting bone-destroying cells.
28 August 1999, page 11
Body builder (by Robert Adler)
Researchers have discovered how parathyroid hormone rebuilds bone.
Inside Science (No. 110), 23 May 1998
Universal body builder (by Patricia Davis)
The universal body builder, collagen, is an important protein in bone.
Inside Science (No. 104), 18 October 1997
Food, glorious food (by Gail Vines)
Evidence is growing that eating 'protective' foods can actively prevent some diseases – including osteoporosis.
March 2003, page 46
Restoring aging bones (by Clifford J. Rosen)
Looks at how the body builds and loses bone and how this information can be used to prevent and treat osteoporosis.
Page updated May 2008.