Prostate cancer is sometimes treated with hormone therapy, also known as androgen deprivation, in which a man's production of testosterone (the hormone that feeds prostate cancer) is shut down.
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Osteoporosis may be a side effect of hormone therapy for prostate cancer because... Read more
Researchers at the University of Granada suggest that glycine, a non-essential amino acid, taken as a dietary supplement may help to prevent osteoporosis and other degenerative diseases. In all cases involved in the study, symptoms were significantly reduced by adding glycine to the diet. The need for pain medication also decreased. More... Read more
Researchers in Toronto suggest that lithium has the potential to improve bone fracture healing. It was found that both bone and cartilage formation were enhanced by lithium during the body's process of fracture repair. Lithium treatment for bone fracture repair is promising, but possibly only in later stages of fracture healing, not... Read more
A recent study suggests that goats' milk is more beneficial than cows' milk in helping to prevent softening of the bone (bone demineralization). Researchers found that goats' milk works more effectively with other elements important to bone health: calcium and magnesium. Other health benefits were found to be more prominent as... Read more