Browsing: Osteoporosis

Patients with schizophrenia experience osteoporosis at rates far exceeding the general population, yet clinicians have lacked genetic explanations for this…

In Aging Cell, researchers have described how an age-related deficiency in another compound leads the antioxidant FoxO1 to contribute to…

Credit: Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library / Brand X Pictures “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” We’ve all…

Nasreen F Syeda, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologistDudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, UKnasreen.syeda{at}nhs.netMcNally raises the very important point of reversing…

Osteoporosis is a major cause of fractures, disability and loss of independence in older adults.Smoking weakens the bones by disrupting…