The Double-Edged Sword Of Osteoporosis Bone Formation And Degradation
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 09:40
in Health & Medicine
Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease, it is characterized by bones becoming so weak and brittle a simple cough can cause a fracture. About half of all women over the age of 50 are at risk. It is preventable but for those who have it, existing treatments for this pathological bone loss mean inhibiting osteoclasts (bone-destroying cells) to limit bone degradation - but by doing so, they also prevent bone formation since it is stimulated by the presence of these very same osteoclast cells. read more