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Vitamin Shields Brittle Bones

Osteoporosis, wherein the density of the bone is lost and becomes brittle, is one of the dreaded complications in women after they attain their menopause. This happens as a result of decreased levels...

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Miracle Baby Boy from a Type 3 osteogenesis imperfecta, Mother

Calif : A woman who is just three feet tall and 37 pound in weight prior to pregnancy, has delivered a healthy baby boy. This baby is her first child. Eloysa Vasquez, confined to a wheel chair because...

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Scientists Discover New Ways To Treat Brittle Bone Disease

Scientists have discovered new ways to help detect and treat the debilitating brittle bone disease. According to a scientific study published in the iEuropean Journal of Human Genetics/i, women with a...

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British Scientists Find New Treatment for Brittle Bone Disease

A new method to treat brittle bone disease in children was developed by British scientists. The new treatment for Osteogenesis Imperfecta has been developed by scientists from the University of...

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New Approach to Treating Brittle Bone Disease Unveiled

A new approach to treating brittle bone disease, a congenital disorder that results in fragile bones that break easily has been unveiled by Baylor College of Medicine researchers. The study, published...

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Declining Mobility and Increasing Body Weight Causes Brittle Bones In Humans

An interesting research reported that rather than urbanization or diet, the rise of agriculture and fall in mobility has led to lighter, brittle bones among humans. The study of the bones of hundreds...

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World's First Stem Cell Therapy in the Womb Focuses On Treating Brittle Bone...

One in every 25,000 births are affected by a brittle bone disease called osteogenesis imperfecta. It is caused by errors in the developing baby's DNA, where the collagen supposed to give bone its...

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HIV-Infected Men Suffer from Brittle Bones More Than Women

Men infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at greater risk of suffering from brittle and fragile bones than women, claims a new research. The results showed that in HIV-infected adults,...

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Understanding the Functional Consequences of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type IV

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is caused by genetic defects that affect the body's ability to make strong bones, it is a heritable disorder characterized by increased bone fragility. In OI Type IV...

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Urban Population at High Risk for Brittle Bones

People living in the city are at high risk of suffering from brittle bones which can cause fractures even with simple acts like bending over or coughing, according to a new study. Nearly 60 per cent...

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Stem Cell Treatment may Prolong Lives of Children With Brittle Bone Disease

Researchers at Imperial College London have found that injections of stem cells during the gestation period may help prolong the lives of children with brittle bone disease, osteogenesis imperfecta...

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Stem Cells to Treat Babies With Brittle Bone Disease, Even Before They are Born

Stem cells can be used to treat babies with brittle bone disease, even before they are born, according to results of a study funded by Action Medical Research, a UK charity.In a press release, the...

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Skin Cancer Worries Lead to Brittle Bones

A new survey says that avoiding the sun to prevent skin cancer may in fact harm the bones. According to National Osteoporosis Society (NOS), lack of vitamin D might put people at an increased risk of...

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Brittle Bones Better Off With Annual Dose of Osteoporosis Drug, Not Daily

A new study has claimed that it is better to take drugs for osteoporosis drug once in a year to increase the strength of brittle bones than a daily dose of the same. The researchers, led by Prof David...

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How Bone's Material Flaws Lead To Brittle Bone Disease

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have for the first time carried out a multi-scale analysis to shed light on how bone's material flaws lead to brittle bone disease. The...

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Genes Linked to Brittle Bone Identified

Scientists from University of Western Australia claim to have identified new genes tied to loss of bone mineral density and osteoporosis. According to molecular geneticist and study author Associate...

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Gene Responsible for Recessive Form of Brittle Bone Disease Discovered

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have found the gene for unexplained forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI),a genetic condition that weakens bones, results in...

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Brittle Bone Drug Improves Survival In Cancer Patients

A new study, conducted by British researchers, has found that a drug to prevent bone thinning helps some cancer patients to live longer. Patients with osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease, are often...

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Understanding and Treating Brittle Bones

New insights into the means by which bone cells produce new bone in response to mechanical stresses, such as exercise have been provided by a study by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and...

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New Model of Understanding Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is the most common genetic form of the brittle bone disease characterized by short stature, skeletal deformities, low bone mass, and motor deficits. A subset of patients...

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