Filed in archive
Bone Health
, Women's Health
on January 29, 2009
Here's another video from the Johnson & Johnson YouTube Channel.
The video features a fitness instructor demonstrating some exercises that may help reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
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Arthritis
, Bone Health
, Treatment
on November 22, 2007
Bury your legs or arms in the warm beach sand for say 30 minutes. Do so regularly: every other day or every weekend if you do not have much free time on week days like I do.
It works wonders for me...
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Bone Health
, Diet
, Dietary Supplements and Vitamins
, Functional Foods
, Studies
on October 8, 2007
When taking calcium supplements, we always wonder that if our bones are not able to absorb that calcium, where it will go. Is it really true that we could develop kidney stones by excess calcium suppl...
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Bone Health
, FDA Approvals
, Medical Devices
, Studies
on October 8, 2007
A new knee-surgery device that will help repair meniscus tears (previously defined as irreparable) has been approved by the FDA for use in humans.
The meniscus, a padding tissue that provides shock...
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Bone Health
, Cancer
, Functional Foods
, Studies
on October 7, 2007
If your bones are strong and healthy, metastasizing cancer cells are less likely to penetrate, making a glass of fortified milk may be the way to block the spread of cancer cells.
Such were the fin...
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Bone Health
, Cancer
, FDA Approvals
, Treatment
on September 16, 2007
A product of Eli Lilly - Evista (raloxifene hydrochloride) was previously indicated for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
Now, the FDA has recently approved the second indicati...
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Bone Health
, Studies
on September 6, 2007
If these findings (Lancet log-in required) are really true, then I shouldn't worry because calcium supplementation still works in older people thereby reducing their risk of bone fracture and bone...
