Significant new research has located variants in a gene that may contribute to osteoporosis, among other conditions. As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week, there are common variants of the LRP5 gene that are consistently associated with bone mineral density and fracture risk across different white populations. The study was conducted by Dr. John P. A. Ioannidis, from the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Greece and colleagues from a number of...
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