The primary role of vitamin D is regulation of calcium, phosphorus and bone metabolism. Vitamin D status assessment is based on measuring of 25 (OH) D concentrations, and disorders of vitamin D status may be manifested as a vitamin D insufficiency, vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D hypervitaminosis. It is generally accepted that values above 75 nmol / L will suffice to prevent the occurrence o...

Introduction. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is associated with an increased risk of fragility fractures and secondary morbidity, which can significantly impair the health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Objective. To analyse the HR-QoL in a group of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis compared to an age-matched group of women without osteoporosis and to assess the impact of falling and fract...

INTRODUCTION There has been a resurgence of interest in studies concerning the role of elements in the development and maintenance of the skeleton. The aim of the study was to assess the plasma and red blood concentrations of some elements in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-seven postmenopausal women with osteoporosis aged 61 years (median interquartile r...

OBJECTIVE To describe the etiology, diagnosis, and nonprescription interventions for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. BACKGROUND Osteoporosis affects more than 20 million individuals in North America and is responsible for more than 1.5 million fractures in the United States. About 50% of white women in the United States will have an osteoporotic fracture during th...

The incidence of postmenopausal diseases increases with the age of women. In this review, we introduce cell therapy products, a new treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis, which often occurs in postmenopausal women. We also figure out the trends of research on cell therapy products and emphasize the necessity and importance of this research for researchers and postmenopausal women. Finally, ...

osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease affecting mostly elderly women. as metabolizing enzymes, the roles of few cytochromes have been studied in osteoporosis development. the aim of this study was to assess for the first time the association of cyp2e1 and cyp1a1 polymorphisms and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. 112 postmenopausal women presenting osteoporosis and 93 age and sex matched...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis and resultant fracture seems to be the most common skeletal disease, affecting female exclusively. Osteoporosis increases exponentially with menopause and age. Therefore the demographic data seems to be the most important & fundamental for the study of osteoporosis epidemiology. METHODS This study was to analyzed population projection from 1960 to 2060. We evaluated th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the content and quality of currently available Internet-based information on the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. DESIGN A sample was obtained comprising the 75 top sites retrieved with the Google search engine using 'treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis' and then evaluated according to predefined general and specific criteria, content type, language and qua...

background osteoporosis and chronic kidney disease are common conditions in older adults, and often occur concurrently. bone disease is caused by increased bone turnover accompanying secondary hyperparathyroidism, and by factors such as bone metabolic disorder accompanying kidney disease and postmenopausal or age-related osteoporosis, even in hemodialysis patients. raloxifene is commonly used f...