Understanding and preventing osteoporosis.
Although age-related bone loss due to remodeling is basically a normal, predictable phenomenon, it is one that may be accelerated, at times quite dramatically, by dietary factors, hormonal insufficiency, or lack of exercise. Recent data regarding the long-term prophylactic efficacy of calcium supplementation, estrogen replacement therapy, and exercise are evaluated.
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Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000187:drug effects; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004966:Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D004966:Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)