Sentences with phrase «osteoporotic women»

In a study by Weaver CM, Sojka JE, it was noted that levels of magnesium which were lower in osteoporotic women, could be helped by using magnesium supplements.

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«Approximately two million osteoporotic fractures occur annually in the U.S., which create physical and psychological burdens for affected women by diminishing their independence and quality of life.

This finding reinforces the need for healthy women with osteoporotic relatives to consider diet, exercise, and possibly drug regimens, says Darwin Prockop, a geneticist at Allegheny University in Philadelphia.

Low levels of vitamin D contribute to osteoporosis because of decreased total fractional calcium absorption (TFCA) and nearly half of postmenopausal women sustain an osteoporotic fracture.

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.»

The team used a University of Sheffield developed tool called FRAX, which predicts the probability of a hip fracture or a major osteoporotic fracture (a hip, spine, upper arm or lower arm fracture), to identify older women at high risk.

It has been estimated that the lifetime risk of osteoporotic fracture for a 60 - year - old woman is 44 percent.

The findings come from an analysis of data from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures that assessed bone mineral density and risk factors in 7,959 older women from 1987 to 1989.

In 2002, study researchers stopped giving HT to women with an intact uterus when it became clear that the risks of taking combined hormones (estrogen plus a progestin)-- higher rates of stroke, breast cancer, heart attack, and blood clots in the lungs and legs — outweighed the benefits, namely, reductions in osteoporotic fractures and colorectal cancer.

At least 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men will suffer from an osteoporotic fracture during their lifetime.

The Association of Consumption of Fruits / Vegetables With Decreased Risk of Glaucoma Among Older African - American Women in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.

Milk intake during childhood and adolescence, adult bone density, and osteoporotic fractures in US women.