272 Pages
42 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
272 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Growing numbers of men and many more women are suffering from crippling bone loss called osteoporosis. By 2050 50% of Americans over 50 will be at risk of, or actually have, osteoporosis. In this book the reader will meet the newest real and possible bone builders and learn how they might work. These include novel steroids, an osteogenic growth peptide (OGP), leptin from both fat cells and... Read more
Preface, Introduction 1. What Is Osteoporosis? 2. BMUS— The Microcrack Fixers 3. Menopause and Bone Loss 4. The Amazing Bone-Anabolic PTHs 5. How Might PTHs Stimulate Bone Growth? 6. The Clinical Prospects of the Invincible PTHs 7. OGP— The Osteogenic Growth Peptide 8. The Statins 9. Surface Signaling Steroids— Real Anabolics or Pseudo-Anabolics? 10. Strontium, Calcium’s Big Brother 11. Afterword
Biography
James F. Whitfield, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
