Warning on Osteoporosis Drugs
According to a report in the January 19 issue of BMJ, pharmaceutical companies exaggerate the benefits of osteoporosis drugs, and downp...

Calcium Rich Carrots Engineered at TAMU; Tested at Baylor
A new type of a carrot, designed to express a plant Ca2+/H+ transporter gene sCAX1, that allows the plant to accumulate up to two-fold ...

How to Get Your Daily Calcium
There may be over 200 bones in the human skeleton, but our bodies don't produce this essential mineral. The recommended daily intake (R...

Bears vs Osteoporosis
Dr. Seth Donahue, a biomedical engineer at Michigan Technological University, is studying the physiology of bears to discover why they...

Amgen CEO: 2007 Wasn t As Bad As You Thought
Maybe Amgen s annus horribilis wasn t quite as horrible as investors expected.CEO Kevin Sharer said yesterday that 2007 earnings sh...

What Do Black Bears Know About Bone Health?
The Health Blog s occasional encounters with bears have prompted various modes of reflection. One thought that s never crossed our ...

Why doesn t that bear have osteoporosis?
The WSJ Health Blog asks that hard question, and gets an interesting answer....

Osteoporosis Drugs Can Cause Bone-Crushing Pain
When you re trying to shore up your weak bones, the last thing you want to worry about is a new source of pain.But osteoporosis drugs...

Alcohol, Calories, Bellies
The alcohol-Eat to Live conundrum. It s a puzzling one. As Eat to Livers we want to eat and live healthfully, but, how does booze fit...