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Osteoporosis
Recent findings illuminate research in osteoporosis
April 7th, 2005
Investigators in the United States and Japan have published new osteoporosis data. Study 1: Treatment with raloxifene for 2 years increases vertebral bone mineral density, volumetric quantitative computed tomography revealed. According to a study published in the journal Bone, "Volumetric quantitative computed tomography (vQCT), using multiple thin-slice acquisition, measures three-dimensional volumetric bone mineral density (BMD, m/cm3). vQCT is often used to measure BMD of lumbar vertebrae and may detect early changes in trabecular, cortical, or integral BMD that extend beyond the technical limits of areal dual X-ray...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-07)
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