bone health

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft that ferried musclebound mice to the International Space Station and back can be seen at the top of this picture taken from the station on Dec. 20, 2019.

Scientists Sent Mighty Mice To Space To Improve Treatments Back On Earth

7:57am January 16, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

Forty mice spent more than a month in orbit to test two approaches to strengthening muscle and bone in microgravity conditions. The results could help people with muscle and bone diseases.

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Osteoporosis specialists are considering wider use of a drug to strengthen bones in elderly women.

Health & Safety

Wider Use Of Osteoporosis Drug Could Prevent Bone Fractures In More Elderly Women

8:45pm October 01, 2018

by Rob Stein

A study involving 2,000 women age 65 and older found that a commonly used drug for osteoporosis could reduce the risk for broken bones in women at an earlier stage of bone thinning.

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Minority Teens May Need An Extra Vitamin D Boost

2:28pm December 22, 2015

by Tara Haelle

It's hard for anyone to get enough of the sunshine vitamin in the wintry North, and dark-skinned teens may be especially prone to a deficiency, doctors find. A weekly supplement can help.

Farming helped fuel the rise of civilizations, but it may also have given us less robust bones.

When Humans Quit Hunting And Gathering, Their Bones Got Wimpy

1:17am February 05, 2015

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Humans have lighter bones than other primates, and that change happened a lot later than anthropologists had thought. Blame our sedentary ways after our ancestors took up farming.

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