Osteoporosis is a common disease with a strong genetic component. In recent years, some
progress has been made in understanding the genetic basis of osteoporosis. Genetic factors …

Handgrip strength (HGS) is a potentially useful objective parameter to predict fracture since
it is an indicator of general muscle strength and is associated with fragility and propensity to …

Quantitative ultrasound of the heel captures heel bone properties that independently predict
fracture risk and, with bone mineral density (BMD) assessed by X-ray (DXA), may be …

Objectives: Once weekly dosing of alendronate has been shown to provide equivalent
efficacy to once daily dosing for treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women …

Context The role of serum calcium in bone metabolism is unknown, even though
calcium/vitamin D supplementations have been widely used and are expected to improve …

Background Accumulating evidence suggests the interaction of bone metabolism and the
immune system, but how bone health is associated with the risk of infections remains …

This study estimated the 10-year probability of osteoporotic fracture in Hong Kong Southern
Chinese based on a simplified model of the recently developed WHO fracture risk prediction …

Excerpt The Sjögren syndrome is complicated by distal renal tubular acidosis in about 40%
of the patients (1). Three patients presented with hypokalemic paralysis as a result of renal …

Preclinical studies demonstrated that bone plays a central role in energy metabolism.
However, how bone metabolism is related to the risk of diabetes in humans is unknown. We …

Thiourea drugs have been postulated to possess radioprotective property. We studied the
effect of adjunctive antithyroid drugs (ATD) and l-thyroxine (l-T4) on the result of radioiodine …