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Customized hormone therapy benefits muscle and bone loss in men and women.  This is abstract only.

Higher levels of FSH and SHBG and lower levels of free Testosterone found to be associated with bone loss in older men.

Only abstract available here--high Estradiol:Testosterone, thus high aromatase activity, increased abdominal fat and reduced lean muscle mass.  The authors also reported an higher bone mineral density, but that pales in the comparison of the metabolic dysfunction of high fat and low muscle mass causes.

occupational lead poisoning

great read on hypercalcemia in hodgkin's lymphoma.

Glutamate is a growth factor for cancer.  Cells make glutamate from glutamine in the diet.  Increased glutamate is associated with cancer metastasis and increased cancer bone pain.

Doxycycline inhibits MMPs, matrix metalloproteinases, and also inhibits tumor burden.

To be read

Hyperthyoid states found to be associated with low vitamin D.  The exact association is unknown.

Estradiol increases SHBG in men.  This will lower the effective free levels of testosterone.  This study looked at the effect on bone turnover.

This study shows that DHT is a good alternative androgen to Testosterone.  It was shown to have no positive/negative effect on the prostate.  The negative of this study was found to be bone loss from supra physiologic DHT.  The point there is to keep hormone replacement physiologic, as one should with all BHRT.

Mass Spectroscopy proves to be better test, specifically specificity, in men due to low Estradiol levels.  This study compared MS to Immunoassay.

elevated homocysteine and low folic acid levels associated with decreasing BMD in women.

Vitamin D has key impact in performance of soldiers.  low vitamin D has been shown to be associated with increased risk for muscle/bone injury, weakness, and poor healing.  Low vitamin D has been associated with low Testosterone.  Low vitamin D has also been associated with poor cognition, depression and less than optimal recovery after TBI.  This follows recent publication that normalization of vitamin D levels increases Testosterone levels.  

Another ill conceived conclusion by the authors.  IF you are going to study something, know everything about it.  They authors make a major statement about vitamin D, yet they seem to understand a basic understanding of vitamin dosing.  The authors stated that dosing 2,000 IU of vitamin D in those with levels < 50 provided no benefit.  That is of course correct, because 2,000 IU daily won't hold any levels stable, let alone increase levels to 70-80 where they need to be.  The authors of this study are stuck in the traditional RDC thinking here. What is interesting is that low vitamin D was associated with CVD, MS, dyslipidemia, inflammation, glucose dysmetabolism, infections, mood disorders, decline in cognition, impaired physical functioning, and all-cause mortality,  But, vitamin D supplementation is only good for bones.  The authors of this study make a mockery of medicine.

rat model finds low Testosterone is associated with increase inflammation.

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dietary calcium proves to be better source than Calcium supplement

Soy not shown to reduce menopausal symptoms in recent study