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Did a New Year?s resolution lead you embark on a low calorie diet for weight loss and improved health? For the sake of your bones, you may need to reconsider...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. turned itself into the worlda s biggest maker of generic medicines through a high-risk strategy of flouting drug patents.

New research reveals that computed tomography colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once -- colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults over age 50.

Serotonin, a naturally occurring chemical produced in the gut may hold the key to treatment for osteoporosis sufferers.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- CT colonography has the potential to screen for two diseases at once, researchers said here. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)

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New research reveals that computed tomography colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once -- colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults over age 50.

Women aged 50 years and above, with low levels of urinary cadmium concentrations are at an increased risk of developing osteoporosis, says a new study.