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Managing Common Stress Fractures: Let Risk Level Guide Treatment
Peter Brukner, MBBS; Chris Bradshaw, MBBS; Kim Bennell, PhD
THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTSMEDICINE - VOL 26 - NO. 8 - AUGUST 98   

Recombinant human parathyroid hormone
Osteoporosis is proving amenable to treatment
Although physical activity will continue to play an important role in osteoporosis prevention and fall risk reduction, recent advances such as parathyroid hormone will play an important role in the treatment of established osteoporosis. Here British authority and PTH researcher, Jonathan Reeve, discusses this new treatment that is not far away from being approved for treatment in various countries. more...

Because ‘osteoporosis’ is rare, should the ACSM include ‘osteopenia’ among the criteria for defining the ‘female athlete triad’ syndrome?
British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2002, pages 10-13
The female athlete triad continues to attract a lot of attention but many people do not realize how much evidence there is that energy availability, not exercise stress, is the culprit. Thus, management of women with menstrual disturbance requires medical assessment to ensure there is no sinister cause of the symptoms, and then attention to nutrition. Hormone replacement therapy either via the oral contraceptive pill is not a treatment of choice, and has not proven effective when trialled. more...

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