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Osteoporosis is a public health issue worldwide. During the last few years, progress has been made concerning the knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanism of the disease. Sophisticated technologies have added important information in bone mineral density measurements and, additionally, geometrical and mechanical properties of bone. New bone indices have been developed from biochemical and hormonal measurements in order to investigate bone metabolism. Although it is clear that drugs are an essential element of the therapy, beyond medication there are other interventions in the management of the disease. Prevention of osteoporosis starts in young ages and continues during aging in order to prevent fractures associated with impaired quality of life, physical decline, mortality, and high cost for the health system. A number of different specialties are holding the scientific knowledge in osteoporosis. For this reason, we have collected papers from scientific departments all over the world for this book. The book includes up-to-date information about basics of bones, epidemiological data, diagnosis and assessment of osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, pediatric issues, prevention and treatment strategies, and research papers from osteoporotic fields.
Osteoporosis. --- Bones --- Vitamin D deficiency --- Diseases --- Immunology
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Osteoporosis. --- Bones --- Vitamin D deficiency --- Diseases
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Vitamin D deficiency. --- Vitamin D in human nutrition. --- Deficiency diseases. --- Nutrition disorders --- Nutrition --- Avitaminosis
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Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem and many associations with diseases are being discovered. Recently, there has been an interest in the role that vitamin D plays in the inception and progression of lung disease. Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations delivers a concise, evidence-based review of the evidence for a role of vitamin D in various lung disorders. Divided into three sections, the first section of the book delivers a review of how vitamin D deficiency emerged in human populations, and gives a perspective on how humans evolved to maximize the efficiency of production of vitamin D. The second section of the book reviews aspects of vitamin D mechanisms on different immune cells, lung tissue, and genetics that have potential impact on lung disease. The third section follows with chapters on associations of vitamin D with the risk for viral infections, asthma and allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, and finally, lung cancer with an emphasis on ongoing research and clinical issues and needs for future research in each field. Written by an international group of expert authors, Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations is an essential text for researchers in the respiratory field and practicing clinicians including internists, pulmonologists, and primary care personnel.
Lungs -- Diseases -- Etiology. --- Vitamin D -- Health aspects. --- Vitamin D deficiency. --- Lungs --- Vitamin D deficiency --- Vitamin D --- Respiratory Tract Diseases --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Avitaminosis --- Secosteroids --- Respiratory System --- Deficiency Diseases --- Steroids --- Anatomy --- Diseases --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Malnutrition --- Polycyclic Compounds --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Nutrition Disorders --- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases --- Lung --- Lung Diseases --- Pharmacology --- Vitamin D Deficiency --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Respiratory System Diseases --- Etiology --- Health aspects --- Etiology. --- Health aspects. --- Medicine. --- Internal medicine. --- Respiratory organs --- Clinical nutrition. --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Internal Medicine. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- Clinical Nutrition. --- Diseases. --- Calcium regulating hormones --- Steroid hormones --- Vitamins, Fat-soluble --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Chest --- Pneumology. --- Emergency medicine. --- Personal health and hygiene. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Medicine, Internal --- Respiratory organs—Diseases. --- Clinical nutrition --- Diet --- Diet and disease --- Dietotherapy --- Food --- Medical nutrition therapy --- MNT (Medical nutrition therapy) --- Nutrition therapy --- Dietetics --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Primary medical care --- Medical care --- Therapeutic use
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Exercise --- Osteoporosis --- Physical education and training --- Health aspects --- Athletic training --- Education, Physical --- P.E. (Physical education) --- PE (Physical education) --- Phy ed --- Phys ed --- Physical culture --- Physical training --- Sports --- Sports training --- Training, Physical --- Education --- Athletics --- Gymnastics --- Bones --- Vitamin D deficiency --- Physical activity --- Warm-up --- Workouts (Exercise) --- Health --- Training --- Diseases
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The focus of this book is on mechanical aspects of skeletal fragility related to aging and osteoporosis. Topics include: Age-related changes in trabecular structure and strength; age-related changes in cortical material properties; age-related changes in whole-bone structure; predicting bone strength and fracture risk using image-based methods and finite element analysis; animal models of osteoporosis and aging; age-related changes in skeletal mechano responsiveness; exercise and physical interventions for osteoporosis.
Bones --- Osteoporosis. --- Biomechanics. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Mecanical properties. --- Aging. --- Bone aging --- Osteology --- Engineering. --- Human physiology. --- Orthopedics. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Biomaterials. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Human Physiology. --- Conservative Orthopedics. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Biological mechanics --- Mechanical properties of biological structures --- Mechanics --- Contractility (Biology) --- Bone --- Musculoskeletal system --- Skeleton --- Vitamin D deficiency --- Aging --- Diseases --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Physiology --- Human body --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)
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