Effect of voluntary weight loss on bone mineral density in older overweight women

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Voluntary weight loss in older overweight women and its effect on bone mineral density have been studied in 67 overweight postmenopausal women with the finding that the weight loss is associated with modest decrease in total body bone mineral density. Recommending weight loss should perhaps be accompanied by recommending reducing risk of bone loss.

Bones, Overweight persons, Bone density, Weight loss, Postmenopausal women, Aged women, Elderly women

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For every thing there is a season

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Leaders, clinicians and investigators in geriatrics respect their own field and accomplishments too little. It is necessary to understand how far the field has come to understand how far it can go. Academic health centers, it is said by some, have become endangered because to some degree they have lost a sense of their social contract for health of the public. Geriatric medicine is on another track and has been incredibly responsive to its social contract. The leadership role it should assume as a result is a responsibility.

Social aspects, Aging, Aged, Elderly, Editorial, Practice, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Physicians, Medical professions, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Geriatrics, Evidence-based medicine

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Strength, balance, and the modifying effects of obesity and knee pain: results from the Observational Arthritis Study in Seniors (OASIS)

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Research on an osteoarthritic population indicates dynamic balance and muscular strength are related to experienced levels of knee pain. Muscular strength maintains a subject's balance, which in turn alleviates knee pain. Obesity is linked to attenuated balance, and may produce higher levels of knee pain.

Care and treatment, Statistical Data Included, Injuries, Pain, Pain management, Obesity, Physical fitness, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Equilibrium (Physiology), Knee injuries

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