Vitamins and minerals are key to helping us stay healthy but experts at universities have raised concerns over what could ...

The long-acting progestogen injectable contraceptives depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and norethisterone enanthate have been found to adversely affect bone mineral density in adult premenopausal ...

Scientists have discovered an antibody treatment that may help prevent both muscle loss and bone density loss in people using ...

The preferred regions for BMD measurement are lumbar spine, proximal femur and whole body. The technique relies on transmission measurements made at two photon energies to allow calcium, and thereby ...

found that bone mineral density was 12% to 16% higher among moderate drinkers, compared with nondrinkers. And women aren't the only ones who may benefit. In a study published in the journal ...