31. The company makes Xray system for diagnosing osteoporosis and other bone diseases. 32. The company makes x-ray devices for diagnosing osteoporosis and other bone diseases. 33. The drugs are Plavix, an anti-blood clotting agent, Irbesartan, a hypertension treatment, and Skelid, to treat osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease. 34. The most common bone disease in the United States, it can cause pain, deformities, hearing loss and can limit activity. 35. There are devices widely available to detect the onset of the sometimes crippling bone disease. 36. They receive drugs to treat bone disease and anemia. 37. This occurs in men as well as in women, and young girls who are forever snacking on salty foods are setting themselves up for future bone disease. 38. White Plains, New York-based Norland primarily sells peripheral densitometers to aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with the debilitating bone disease. 39. A natural bone-building hormone appears to be the most effective treatment ever for osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that afflicts millions of older Americans. 40. And, Rebbeck said, the surgery brings on menopause, which carries some increased risk of osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease, and heart disease. |