Sentences with phrase «treat osteoporosis lowered»
SATURDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News)-- A drug used to treat osteoporosis lowered the risk of breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women with early breast cancer.
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Risk of adverse effects of inhalers — Because postmenopausal women treated for asthma with inhalers (also known as inhaled corticosteroids) have significantly lower bone mineral density, they are at additional risk for osteoporosis.
Bone loss and the risk of fracture is also a serious concern for the 54 million people in the United States who have low bone density or osteoporosis.1 The three-fold difference observed in bone mechanical strength versus density in the current study should prompt additional review of how physicians assess risk and treat patients with this condition.
After treating hundreds of patients with osteoporosis over a period of 15 years, I found that those women with the lowest bone densities experienced the greatest relative improvement, and those who had good bone density to begin with, maintained their strong bones.
The most common hormones replaced are estrogens and progesterone (not to be confused with progestins which are ALL synthetic preparations which are dangerous); sometimes testosterone is added to treat lower libido, improve energy and prevent osteoporosis.