Medical News Summary: Crohn’s patients suffering from bone loss benefit most from only calcium and vitamin D therapy

About: Crohn’s patients suffering from bone loss benefit most from only calcium and vitamin D therapy
Date: 1 February 2005
Source: Medical News Today
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Medical News Today): Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease which has symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. There are 2 million US sufferers of the disease. Researchers have recently published a study which reports that calcium and Vitamin D therapy are more effective at preventing bone loss and improving bone mineral density in Crohn’s patients than by using bone building drugs as well as calcium and vitamin D. Crohn’s sufferers often suffer from bone loss caused by corticosteroids, poor nutrition, active inflammation and calcium and vitamin D deficiencies.
URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19475
Related Disease Topics: Crohn’s disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, Osteoporosis, Inflammation, Calcium deficiency, Vitamin D deficiency
Related Symptom Topics: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss

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• Mineral deficiency
• Vitamin deficiency
• Diet
• Osteopenia (see Osteoporosis)
• Bone mass density loss
• Medication
• Research
• medication and Crohn’s disease
• medication and inflammatory bowel disease
• medication and osteoporosis
• Medication and inflammation
• medication and calcium deficiency
• medication and vitamin D deficiency
• medication and abdominal pain
• medication and diarrhea
• medication and weight loss
• research and Crohn’s disease
• research and inflammatory bowel disease
• research and osteoporosis
• Research and inflammation
• research and calcium deficiency
• research and vitamin D deficiency
• research and abdominal pain
• research and diarrhea
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• cause of vitamin D deficiency
• cause of abdominal pain
• cause of diarrhea
• cause of weight loss
• Diagnosis
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