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Author Whitfield, James F.

Title Growing bone / James F. Whitfield
Edition 2nd ed
Published Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Medical intelligence unit
Medical intelligence unit (Unnumbered : 2003)
Contents What is osteoporosis? -- BMUS: the microcrack fixers -- Menopause and bone loss -- The amazing bone-anabolic PTHs -- How might PTHs stimulate bone growth? -- The clinical prospects of the invincible PTHs -- OGP: the osteogenic growth peptide -- The statins -- Surface signaling steroids-real anabolics or pseudo-anabolics? -- Strontium, calcium's big brother
Summary Growing numbers of men and many more women are suffering from crippling bone loss called osteoporosis. By 2050 50% of Americans over 50 will be at risk of, or actually have, osteoporosis. In this book the reader will meet the newest real and possible bone builders and learn how they might work. These include novel steroids, an osteogenic growth peptide (OGP), leptin from both fat cells and osteoblasts and the many kinds of statin that are widely used to reduce blood cholesterol and seem to prevent Alzheimers disease. But the spotlight must be directed onto the currently most promising bone gr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Osteoporosis -- Prevention
Osteoporosis -- Hormone therapy
Anabolic steroids -- Therapeutic use
Parathyroid hormone -- Therapeutic use
Bone and Bones -- metabolism
Bone Regeneration -- physiology
Osteoporosis -- prevention & control
Peptides -- therapeutic use
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Musculoskeletal.
MEDICAL -- Orthopedics.
MEDICAL -- Rheumatology.
Anabolic steroids -- Therapeutic use
Osteoporosis -- Hormone therapy
Osteoporosis -- Prevention
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781435602441
1435602447
9781433713149
1433713144