Among women, a vegan diet is associated with significantly higher risk of hip fracture but supplementing with both vitamin D and calcium removes this increased risk, according to a new large-scale study.
Drinking more milk as a teenager may not lower the risk of hip fracture as an older adult, and instead appears to increase that risk for men, according to new research.
Regularly taking calcium supplements for osteoporosis may cause more heart attacks than the number of fractures they prevent, according to new research.
Increased intakes of antioxidant pigments from plants may lower the risk of hip fracture in older men and women, according to a 17-year study from the US.
US researchers have concluded lower blood concentrations of vitamin D increase the likelihood of hip fracture among menopausal women by up to 70 per cent.
Placing all the eggs in one basket and relying on calcium
supplements alone to protect against fractures in old age may be
inefficient, according to a new review by Harvard researchers.
Negative reports surrounding a study that was interpreted by many
media outlets as questioning the link between calcium and bone
health has led to an exercise in damage limitation; women's health
experts convened this week to...
Taking supplements of folate and vitamin B12 appears to reduce the
risk of hip fracture in elderly patients following a stroke,
according to Japanese research.
Both high and low levels of vitamin A can increase hip fractures in
older women, reported researchers at a scientific meeting in the US
last week. The study shows that calls to reduce vitamin A
supplementation may need to be reconsidered,...
Women with a low vitamin K intake may be at increased risk of bone
fractures, suggests research in this month's American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition.
Vitamin D rather than calcium intake is important in protecting
post-menopausal women from fractures associated with osteoporosis,
US researchers confirm in the February issue of the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
