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  • Mr. Brandicourt said the drug has the potential to reduce menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and to prevent bone-thinning osteoporosis, but with a better safety and tolerability profile than older hormone-replacement therapies.

    Pfizer Set to Seek Aprela Nod Peter Loftus 2012

  • The Food and Drug Administration issued the warning Wednesday to patients taking drugs known as biophosphonates, which are widely used to treat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.

    Bone drugs may cause fractures, FDA warns Rob Stein 2010

  • Also, for the first time, the group weighed whether men should be checked for the bone-thinning disease, but it decided there wasn't enough evidence to recommend for or against the screening.

    Task Force Urges Bone-Density Tests For More Women 2010

  • Also, for the first time, the group weighed whether men should be checked for the bone-thinning disease, but it decided there wasn't enough evidence to recommend for or against the screening.

    Task Force Urges Bone-Density Tests For More Women 2010

  • It's not well-known, but osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease that causes fractures in older people, affects men as well as women.

    Osteoporosis is not just a woman’s problem 2008

  • To investigate this question in adults, the researchers measured BMD in the spine and at three points on the hips in 1,413 women and 1,125 men participating in a study of the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.

    Cola Linked to Weaker Bones in Women | Impact Lab 2006

  • It's not well-known, but osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease that causes fractures in older people, affects men as well as women.

    Osteoporosis is not just a woman’s problem 2008

  • Early research is also showing that walnuts may offer some protection against the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.

    Up Close & Edible: Walnuts 2007

  • Since estrogen helps protects bones, losing it speeds bone-thinning, particularly in the spine and hips, which are especially vulnerable to fractures.

    Health for Life M.D.: Breast Cancer 2007

  • OSTEOPOROSIS–This condition is commonly referred to as adult bone-thinning.

    The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition Annette B. Natow Ph.d. 2006

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