For treating a leading cause of osteoporosis, surgery is better than widely used medications
UCLA study finds that using drugs to combat hyperparathyroidism is worse than doing nothing at all
While most cases of osteoporosis are caused by normal aging, another leading cause of the bone-loss disease is a condition called hyperparathyroidism, in which the parathyroid glands release an excessive amount of a hormone that regulates the body’s calcium levels. (more…)