Botanic Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) and Venous Thrombo Emboli (VTE) Arnon Blum1*, Shira Shoher1, Andrei Adler2, Doron Ben David2, Shay Yeganeh1 1Department of Medicine Baruch Padeh Poria Hsopital Bar Ilan University, Israel 2Department of Imaging, Baruch Padeh Poria Hsopital Bar Ilan University, Israel *Corresponding author: Dr. Arnon Blum, Department of Medicine, Baruch Pade...

The aim of drug treatment of osteoporosis is the balance between activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts with aug- mentation of mineral bone density and decrease of fracture risk. Antiresorptive agents depress osteoclasts and diminish resorption of bone. They include bisphosphonates, selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), denosumab, while hormone replacement therapy and calcitonin are ...

A. Estrogens and primary prevention of cardiovas-cular disease B. Comparison of statins with estrogens for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease C. Effects of statins on new coronary events and survival D. Other agents with potential for prevention of car-diovascular disease E. Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease III. Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis A. Estrogen therap...

More than 300 years ago Dr. Stephen Hales drilled holes in the shaft of chicken bones and noted that as the animal grew, the distance between these holes remained constant. This led him to conclude that longitudinal bone growth occurs at the end of the long bones, rather than in the middle. During the subsequent centuries, employing increasingly sophisticated approaches, we have learned that bo...