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Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help in preventing some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. Please note, this acts as a PREVENTATIVE treatment, and not necessarily symptomatic relief.
Recommendation: Strongly in favor (Vitamin D may help to prevent osteoporosis in older people )
Grade of Evidence: high quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help in preventing some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. Please note, this acts as a PREVENTATIVE treatment, and not necessarily symptomatic relief.
Recommendation: Strongly in favor (Vitamin A may help to prevent the development of weak bones)
Grade of Evidence: high quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Red Clover helps to treat osteoporosis. Early tests done had unreliable results. More tests are needed.)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a preventative or supportive management, not as a treatment.
Recommendation: strongly in favor (Calcium supplements are effective in preventing osteoporosis )
Grade of Evidence: strong quality of evidence
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a preventative or supportive management, not as a treatment.
Recommendation: strongly in favor (Calcium supplements are effective in preventing osteoporosis )
Grade of Evidence: strong quality of evidence
Recommendation: strongly in favor (Available evidence shows that Tai Chi helps prevent fractures)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Recommendation: no recommendation(There is insufficient evidence to show that Qigona helps to treat Osteoporosis)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
It is proposed only as a preventative or supportive management, not as a treatment
Recommendation: weakly in favour
Grade of evidence: very low quality of evidence
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Treatments:
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2. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/redclover/
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19609225
4. http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/natural-fertility-boosters.html
5. http://indigo-herbs.co.uk/acatalog/Red_Clover_Flowers_Info.html
6. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/trifolium_pratense.html
7. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/red-clover
8. http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69350.cfm
9. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-vitamina.html
10. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamina.html
11. http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamina.asp
12. http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/vad/en/
13. Latham, Michael E. (1997). Human Nutrition in the Developing World (Fao Food and Nutrition Paper). Food & Agriculture Organization of the United. ISBN 92-5-103818-X.
14. Sommer, Alfred (1995). Vitamin a Deficiency and Its Consequences: A Field Guide to Detection and Control. Geneva: World Health Organization. ISBN 92-4-154478-3.
15. http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren/files/A-RES-S27-2E.pdf
16. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD006164/frame.html
17. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10824056
18. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcb.10338/abstract
19. http://pain-topics.org/pdf/vitamind-report.pdf
20. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1185/030079908X253519
21. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article756975.ece
22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17556697
23. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18065602
24. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamind.html
25. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/soy/ataglance.htm#science
