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	Osteopenia
		Osteopenia is defined as a bone density that is somewhat low.
		A woman aged 55 with osteopenia has about a 2% chance/year of having a fracture, and a woman aged 75 with osteopenia has about an 8% chance/year (which is approximately average for a 75 year-old woman).
		Young women with osteopenia should not be frightened, but should be concerned enough to discuss management with their physician so that they do not develop osteoporosis in the future.
	www.formyhealth.com /osteopenia.htm (1072 words)

	Osteopenia in HIV-infected patients: is it the disease or is it the treatment?
		Patients with known factors of osteopenia were excluded (recent history of extended bed rest, previous diagnosis of metabolic bone disease, renal insufficiency, hepatic failure, diabetes mellitus or previous diagnosis of other endocrine disease, moderate or severe nutritional alteration, and severe alcohol consumption).
		Osteopenia was present in 25% of healthy adults and in 67.5% of HIV-infected patients [P = 0.00001; odds ratio (OR) 6.2; 95% CI 3.1–12.6].
		Osteopenia in a randomized, multicenter study of protease inhibitor substitution in patients with the lipodystrophy syndrome and well-controlled HIV viremia.
	www.natap.org /2001/may/osteopenia052801.htm (904 words)

	Nucleosides (NRTIs) and Reduced Bone Mineral Density (Osteopenia)
		To address the possibility that HIV-associated osteopenia might have a mitochondrial pathogenesis, the prevalence of osteopenia or osteoporosis, and of factors associated with their presence, was assessed in a cohort of adult men in whom numerous parameters including lactate and body composition had been studied.
		This osteopenia may result from mitochondrial toxicity of nucleoside analogues because osteopenia was associated with lactic acidemia (and lactic acidemia in turn with nucleoside analogue therapy), and the significant association on univariate logistic regression with nucleoside analogue therapy (a major cause of lactic acidemia) was lost after adjustment for lactate level (Table 2).
		Osteopenia in a randomised, multicentre study of protease inhibitor substitution in patients with lipodystrophy syndrome and well-controlled HIV viraemia: extended follow-up to 48 weeks.
	www.natap.org /2001/may/nucleosides052801.htm (3272 words)

	Osteopenia: Definition, Prevention and Treatment
		If you are interested in a comprehensive osteoporosis and osteopenia prevention and treatment program that emphasizes the role of supplements, diet and exercise more then conventional medical treatments like hormone replacement therapy, then this would be good book to read.
		Osteopenia: the presence of of less than normal amount of bone.
		Osteoporosis: the pathologic state of osteopenia in which bone mass is so reduced that the skeleton loses its integrity and becomes unable to perform its supportive function.
	www.ctds.info /osteopenia.html (1295 words)

	The Body: Osteoporosis and HIV Disease
		While it is true that in any group of people a certain number will have osteopenia and fewer still osteoporosis (see the normal distribution curve), men, women, and children with HIV infection appear to be far more prone to low BMD than their age-matched, HIV-negative counterparts.
		Osteopenia was observed in 15 HIV-positive subjects (45%) regardless of the quantity of adipose tissue in their abdominal region.
		Evidence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in these young people is particularly disturbing not only because they are at risk for achieving suboptimal peak bone mass (a risk factor for osteoporosis) but also because their BMD levels appear to decrease with age.
	www.thebody.com /sfaf/summer01/osteoporosis.html (5759 words)

	healthwise
		Osteopenia refers to bone mineral density (BMD) that is lower than normal peak BMD but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis.
		Having osteopenia means there is a greater risk that, as time passes, you may develop BMD that is very low compared to normal, known as osteoporosis.
		Osteopenia may also be the result of a wide variety of other conditions, disease processes, or treatments.
	www.edenmedcenter.org /health/healthinfo/index.cfm?section=healthinfo&page=article&sgml_id=tp23004spec (1217 words)

	Osteopenia
		In fact, if you just dropped the term osteopenia and used the term osteoporosis instead, you would be right about 95 % of the time, which is not a bad batting average.
		However, once the injury has healed and normal stresses are restored to the extremity, the bone stock recovers to a large extent, although the period of recovery is several times longer than the period of bone loss, and the degree of recovery shows wide individual variation.
		However, the presence of subchondral osteopenia in such a fracture is a good prognostic sign, since one cannot develop disuse osteopenia without an intact blood supply to that bone.
	www.rad.washington.edu /mskbook/osteopenia.html (3772 words)

	Osteopenia by Susan Brown Ph.D., The Osteoporosis Nutritionist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The term "osteopenia" refers to a bone density, which is somewhat less, but not excessively less, than a "standard" young person of the same sex.
		Osteopenia, however, is not a disease or even a true diagnosis.
		On the other hand, some of us with "osteopenia" are currently undergoing bone loss and on our way to having a higher degree of bone loss, known as "osteoporosis".
	www.susanbrownphd.com /hot_topics/osteopenia.htm (511 words)

	Physical Therapy/ Vol 79 No 2/ Osteopenia in the Patient With Cancer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The purpose of this article is to examine the etiology of osteopenia and the predisposition that patients with cancer have toward osteopenia.
		Primary osteopenia occurs idiopathically or is caused by a lack of hormonal balance.
		Osteopenia has been described in patients with rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, where radiation is the primary treatment for cancer and chemotherapy has been used as an adjuvant treatment modality.
	www.ptjournal.org /Feb99/v79n2p196.cfm (3238 words)

	University of Miami School of Medicine - Glossary - Osteopenia
		Osteopenia: Mild thinning of the bone mass, but not as severe as osteoporosis.
		Osteopenia results when the formation of bone (osteoid synthesis) is not enough to offset normal bone loss (bone lysis).
		Osteopenia is generally considered the first step along the road to osteoporosis, a serious condition in which bone density is extremely low and bones are porous and prone to shatter.
	www.med.miami.edu /glossary/art.asp?ArticleKey=8048 (191 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Osteopenia - premature infants
		Osteopenia means a decrease in the amount of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) in the bone.
		Infants with severe osteopenia may have evidence of decreased movement or swelling of an arm or leg due to an unknown fracture.
		Osteopenia is more difficult to diagnose in premature infants than in adults.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/007231.htm (757 words)

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		Osteopenia is defined as the loss of bone density caused by the inability of the body to produce enough bone to keep up with normal bone destruction.
		While osteopenia is similar to osteoporosis, osteoporosis is a more severe degree of bone loss that causes bones to become weak, brittle, and highly prone to fracture.
		Osteopenia occurs when the bone marrow is no longer nourished, and according to TCM, this results from exhaustion of kidney Yin energy.
	www.meta-ehealth.com /site/office/conditions/view_art_print.jsp?article=185 (1678 words)

	Osteopenia
		Having osteopenia places a person at risk for developing osteoporosis, a more serious condition that causes bones to become brittle and possibly break.
		Risk factors for osteopenia and osteoporosis include genetic predisposition, sedentary lifestyle, low dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D, petite stature and small bone structure, long-term use of steroids or heparin, cigarette smoking, and declining levels of estrogen after menopause.
		Osteopenia is a warning -- time to sit up (actually, time to walk around the block and lift some weights!) and take measures to prevent developing osteoporosis.
	health.ivillage.com /bones/0,,4m43,00.html (477 words)

	Osteopenia: When you have weak bones, but not osteoporosis
		Like their names suggest, osteopenia and osteoporosis are related diseases.
		Osteopenia, which affects about half of Americans over age 50, would fall somewhere in between.
		Osteopenia can be treated either with exercise and nutrition or with medications.
	www.health.harvard.edu /newsweek/Osteopenia_When_you_have_weak_bones.htm (822 words)

	Better Nutrition: Osteopenia: natural remedies for pre-osteoporosis
		Osteopenia is a pre-osteoporosis state characterized by a reduction in bone density and an increased risk for osteoporosis.
		Osteopenia is characterized by a BMD of more than one SD below the young adult mean but less than 2.5 SD below the young adult mean, while osteoporosis is characterized by a BMD of 2.5 SD or higher.
		We formed a plan that included changes in her lifestyle and diet, plus we added high-quality nutritional supplements to preserve mineral mass, to prevent further loss of bone matrix, and to encourage bone mineralization to repair damaged bone and increase its density.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FKA/is_10_66/ai_n6200703 (843 words)

	The Role of Osteopenia in Oral Bone Loss and Periodontal Disease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Osteopenia is a reduction in bone mass due to an imbalance between bone resorption and formation, favoring resorption, resulting in demineralization and leading to osteoporosis.
		Periodontitis is characterized by inflammation of the supporting tissues of the teeth, resulting in resorption of the alveolar bone as well as loss of the soft tissue attachment to the tooth and is a major cause of tooth loss and edentulousness in adults.
		Interpretation of the literature is complicated by the variety of methods used to assess osteopenia, oral bone mass, and periodontitis, as well as varying definitions of outcomes of interest.
	www.electronicipc.com /JournalEZ/detail.cfm?code=02250010671019 (356 words)

	UMHS Press Release: Osteopenia warns of dangerous bone loss
		Osteopenia signals a loss of bone mass that is less severe than osteoporosis.
		A score of 0 to -1 is normal; -1 to -2.5 is considered osteopenia; and a score lower than -2.5 signifies osteoporosis.
		“The best way to avoid osteopenia and osteoporosis is to have an adequate calcium and vitamin D intake, get plenty of exercise, avoid smoking and avoid excessive alcohol use,” says Douyon, a clinical assistant professor of internal medicine in the U-M Medical School.
	www.med.umich.edu /opm/newspage/2004/hmdensity.htm (892 words)

	Osteopenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Osteopenia is bone density that is somewhat low.
		For example, using the Hologic bone densitometer, osteopenia is a bone density at the total hip between.637 and.820 g/cm2.
		By age 65 years about half of the women in the USA will have either osteopenia or osteoporosis, and by age 80 almost all women have had some bone loss and bone density will show either osteopenia or osteoporosis.
	courses.washington.edu /bonephys/ptinfo/ptopenia.html (665 words)

	eMedicine - Osteoporosis : Article by Gordon L Klein, MD, MPH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As many as 54% of American postmenopausal women are estimated to have osteopenia as defined by a T score of 1.0 and 2.5, and an additional 30% are estimated to be osteoporotic.
		Osteopenia secondary to low bone formation is more difficult to manage because of the absence of a safe and effective anabolic agent.
		In the case of trauma- or burn-induced osteopenia in which bone formation is primarily affected, prognosis depends on the patient's genetically determined peak bone mass and efficacy of clinically untested therapies such as resistance exercise and anabolic steroids.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic1683.htm (3392 words)

	Aidsmap \| Osteoporosis
		Results on the first 151 showed 24% had osteopenia and 1% had osteoporosis, suggesting that chronic HIV-infection is associated with high prevalence of reduced bone mineral density.
		Osteopenia was found in 49% and osteoporosis in 17% of the men.
		Osteopenia in a randomised multicenter study of protease inhibitor substitution in patients with the lipodystrophy syndrome and well-controlled HIV viremia.
	www.aidsmap.com /en/docs/0C7E580D-1971-4F32-B185-12623184FB64.asp (3672 words)

	SF AIDS Fdn: BETA Summer-Autumn 2001 -- Osteoporosis and HIV Disease
		While it is true that in any group of people a certain number will have osteopenia and fewer still osteoporosis, men, women, and children with HIV infection appear to be far more prone to low BMD than their age-matched, HIV negative counterparts.
		CROI, evidence of osteopenia (based on lumbar spine [comprising the lower back] studies) was found in 21–45% of persons with HIV infection.
		Almost all studies to date have shown that even moderate levels of alcohol consumption (1–2 drinks per day) contribute to osteopenia, although one curious study published in the November 2000 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that moderate alcohol consumption increased BMD in an analysis of 489 postmenopausal women.
	www.sfaf.org /treatment/beta/b48/b48osteoporosis.html (5674 words)

	Osteopenia - OhioHealth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Both osteoporosis and osteopenia are medical terms for progressive loss of bone density and thinning of bone tissue.
		Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease characterized by a severe decrease in bone mass that increases the risk of a fracture.
		Osteopenia refers to milder bone loss that doesn't yet meet the criteria of osteoporosis.
	www.ohiohealth.com /healthreference/reference/E0C1C0E4-5BA4-4CCE-AD60C171943CD76F.htm?category=questions (370 words)

	New Osteopenia medication - once a month pill: Boniva, Bonviva
		Boniva, a new Osteoporosis or Osteopenia medication, was approved for weekly use in 2003.
		Boniva, like other bisphosphonates that are prescribed as Osteoporosis or Osteopenia medication, works by inhibiting osteclast activity and so it slows the removal of bone.
		A third study about this Osteoporosis and Osteopenia medication documents that the a monthly dose, as well as daily doses of Bonvia, produced favorable bone density results.
	www.osteopenia3.com /osteopenia-medication.html (1434 words)

	Osteopenia Clinical Trials Listings and Information at ClinicalTrialsSearch.org
		Osteopenia Clinical Trials Information presented on Clinical Trials Search isn't intended to be a substitute for certified medical advice, visits or treatment by using a genuine doctor.
		Osteopenia Clinical research trials and Osteopenia medical trials occur in hundreds of localities across the United States of America.
		Osteopenia Clinical Trials and other clinical trials allow for volunteers to access healthcare treatment choices before they are available to the general public.
	www.clinicaltrialssearch.org /osteopenia_clinical_trials.html (444 words)

	IAPAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Carr studied lactic acidemia, osteopenia, and a covey of possible contributors in 221 men with HIV infection, many with lipodystrophy [abstract 631].
		The disagreement about lactate¡¯s role in osteopenia proved to be only the first of several frays occasioned by studies of HIV links to this bone disease.
		Rates of osteopenia and osteoporosis in the treated, untreated, and control groups measured 21, 25, and 24 percent for the spine, and 18, 24, and 19 percent for the femoral neck.
	www.iapac.org /home.asp?pid=76&toolid=2&itemid=3172 (11031 words)

	Be cautious about medications offered for bone thinning - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Health / Science - News
		Millions of American women are being diagnosed with osteopenia, which is not truly a disease, and many are told to take medication they may not need to prevent broken bones they might never get.
		The term ''osteopenia" has ''no medical meaning," said Dr. Steven Cummings, an epidemiologist at the University of California at San Francisco who has led a number of large studies on osteoporosis and osteopenia.
		For the record, osteopenia is defined by the WHO as a score of minus 1 to minus 2.4 on the so-called DEXA test, which stands for dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/health_science/articles/2005/05/17/be_cautious_about_medications_offered_for_bone_thinning (536 words)

	OSTEOPOROSIS (BONE THINNING) - AN EPIDEMIC AMONG POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
		Those with osteopenia had a fracture rate almost double that of women with normal bone density.
		The authors concluded that almost one-half the women had undetected osteopenia or osteoporosis, that both osteopenia and osteoporosis increased the risk of fracture, and that a significant number of fractures could be expected within a year of detecting osteopenia or osteoporosis.
		If mild osteopenia is present, the bone density test should be repeated every five years; if the osteopenia is severe, the test should be repeated in two years.
	healthfullife.umdnj.edu /archives/Osteo_ID_archive.htm (818 words)

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