News tagged with bone mineral

Research team finds evidence of red ochre use by Neanderthals 200,000 years ago

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, archeologists have thought of Neanderthals, an early relative of humans, as thick, slow thinking and likely uncreative. Now, new evidence dispels part of that image. Archeologists ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Scientists closer to making implantable bone material

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published today in the journal Nature Materials.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Glass sponges inspire: Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica as possible substrate for bone tissue culture

(PhysOrg.com) -- As well as organic structures, mineral structures also play an important role in living organisms. You don’t even have to go as far as seashells or the artful silica scaffolds of diatoms; ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Water treatments alone not enough to combat fluorosis in Ethiopia

Increased intake of dietary calcium may be key to addressing widespread dental health problems faced by millions of rural residents in Ethiopia's remote, poverty-stricken Main Rift Valley, according to a new Duke University-led ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Best Beers for Bone Health?

The old advertising slogan that "Guinness is Good for You" may have some truth to it after all. Every pint of the black stuff contains as much silicon as a pinch of sand -- and that silicon, according to recent but controversial ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can cell phone exposure cause bone weakening?

Electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones may adversely affect bone strength, suggests a study in the March Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

One in seven US teens is vitamin D deficient

One in seven American adolescents is vitamin D deficient, according to a new study by researchers in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Building strong bones: Running may provide more benefits than resistance training

Osteoporosis affects more than 200 million people worldwide and is a serious public health concern, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Resistance training often is recommended to increase and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increasing number of Americans have insufficient levels of vitamin D

Average blood levels of vitamin D appear to have decreased in the United States between 1994 and 2004, according to a report in the March 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Astronauts on International Space Station lose alarming amounts of hipbone strength

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Natural occurring protein leaves clues for osteoporosis

A naturally occurring protein may hold the key to treatments for osteoporosis, University of Sydney researchers have reported in this month's Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, the official journal of the American Soc ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Research leads to improved calcium supplement derived from crustacean shells

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a unique technology that stabilizes an otherwise unstable form of calcium carbonate. This mineral form provides significantly higher biological ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Painful hip fractures strike breast cancer survivors

A hip fracture is not common in a 54-year-old woman, unless she is a 54-year-old breast cancer survivor, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Researchers found that a combination of early menopause due to breast ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin D supplements do not increase bone density in healthy children

Giving vitamin D supplements to healthy children with normal vitamin D levels does not improve bone density at the hip, lumbar spine, forearm or in the body as a whole, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Polyphenol antioxidants inhibit iron absorption

Health benefits from polyphenol antioxidants -- substances found in many fruits and vegetables -- may come at a cost to some people. Penn State nutritional scientists found that eating certain polyphenols decreased the amount ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1