Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, April 22nd, 2007
Study 1: Fresh data on osteoporosis are presented in the report "Decreased spinal and femoral neck volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) in men with primary osteoporosis and their first-degree male relatives: familial effect on BMD in men." According to recent research from Parkville, Australia, "Low bone mass may be caused by a reduction in the amount of bone or density of bone or both. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in bone volume and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) in men with primary osteoporosis and their first-degree male relatives...
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