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Osteoporosis
Familiar blood pressure drug may prevent osteoporosis
March 17th, 2005
A form of beta blocker, a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure and ward off repeat heart attacks, may provide the answer to preventing osteoporosis, said a Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) researcher. In a report published online on February 20, 2005, in the journal Nature, Gerard Karsenty, BCM professor of molecular and human genetics, and his colleagues demonstrate in mice that the sympathetic nervous system mediates the resorption or destruction of bone through a special receptor on bone cells, and that this effect is required for the development of osteoporosis after menopause in mice. Preventing the sympathetic nervous systems from activating this...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-17)
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