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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for the Prevention of Osteoporosis
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for the prevention of osteoporosis.
Created December 2010
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| Title: | Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of exercise on bone mass in postmenopausal women. The review shows that for postmenopausal women - Exercise will improve bone mineral density slightly... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin D for improving bone density in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane Review, presents what we know from research about the effect of vitamin D supplements on bone density in children. The review shows that in healthy children generally, vitamin D supplementation does not improve bone den... |
| Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Title: | Vitamin D and related vitamin D compounds for preventing fractures resulting from osteoporosis in older people. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin D is necessary for building bone. Older people often have low vitamin D levels through lack of exposure to sunlight and low dietary intake. Therefore, it has been suggested that taking additional vitamin D supplements may help to reduce the risk... |
| Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Title: | Alendronate for preventing fractures caused by osteoporosis in postmenopausal women |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of alendronate for preventing fractures (broken bones) caused by osteoporosis. In women who have already been diagnosed with low bone density, putting them at risk f... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Risedronate for preventing fractures caused by osteoporosis in postmenopausal women |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review, presents what we know from research about the effect of Risedronate for preventing fractures (broken bones) caused by osteoporosis. In women who have already been diagnosed with low bone density putting them at risk f... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Etidronate for preventing fractures caused by osteoporosis in postmenopausal women |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of etidronate for preventing fractures (broken bones) caused by osteoporosis. In women who have already been diagnosed with low bone density, putting them at risk of... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Calcitonin for preventing and treating corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Long-term corticosteroids are prescribed for a number of reasons, including inflammatory bowel disease, chronic obstructive lung disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Steroids cause bone loss by a variety of complex mechanisms. Calcitonin is an anti-resorpt... |
| Date: | Oct 1999 |
| Title: | Bisphosphonates for treating osteoporosis caused by the use of steroids |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Corticosteroids are widely used to treat inflammation. Bone loss (osteoporosis) is a serious side effect of this therapy. We reviewed a total of 13 trials which included 842 patients. We found that the bone mineral density of the lumbar spine of patient... |
| Title: | Calcium and vitamin D for treating osteoporosis caused by the use of steroids |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Corticosteroids are widely used to treat inflammation. Bone loss (osteoporosis) is a serious side effect of this therapy. We reviewed a total of 5 trials which included 742 patients. We found that after two years of treatment, the bone mineral density o... |
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