Sentences with phrase «at increased risk of osteoporosis»

Soy also helps preserve bone density, which is a crucial benefit since menopausal women are at an increased risk of osteoporosis.

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«In many parts of the world, the low average calcium intake may be putting most people at increased risk of fractures and osteoporosis.»

Professor Kristina Akesson, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit at Lund University, Chair of the IOF Capture the Fracture Campaign, stated, «This study concludes that in the population sample of elderly women, vitamin D insufficiency sustained over 5 - years was associated with increased 10 - year risk of osteoporotic fracture.»

A new study presented today at the IOF Regionals 4th Asia - Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong supports widespread evidence that individuals who have suffered a fracture are at significantly increased risk of subsequent hip fractures.

They only looked at whether urinary tract stones increased the risk of osteoporosis, not the reverse.

Adolescence is the key period for bone development, and poor development at this stage is linked to reduced peak bone mass (the amount of bone mass at the end of the skeletal maturation, around age 30), increased fracture risk and osteoporosis later in life.

For example, an andropausal man whose serum test results indicate total testosterone at normal levels may still be experiencing loss of muscle and libido, prostate enlargement, and erectile dysfunction, along with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and depression, if most of his testosterone is bound, which becomes increasingly likely in men > 50, the age at which testosterone levels typically begin to decline, while levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) increase with age.14

The disease can develop at any age, but the risk of developing osteoporosis increases with age.

Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones have lost so much of their mass that sufferers are at an increased risk of fracturing their bones, especially the spine, hip and wrist.

This puts them at an increased risk of developing diseases known as osteoporosis.

Boutenko says that doing some form of exercise or intense physical activity for at least thirty minutes each day will provide a wide range of benefits including increased energy, improved metabolism, better self - esteem, less body fat and a reduced risk of many serious diseases including cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis.

Many people with thyroid problems are at an increased risk for osteoporosis, which is softening of the bones, according to Kelly Frick, author of «The Everything Thyroid Diet Book.»