Recent test have proven new theories and reasons for bone
structure loss, these test were aimed at astronauts that need to heed into
space. This is because with the microgravity in space it is very hard for your
bones to stay healthy, and that weightlessness triggers boneless.This has shown doctors that with ordinary peoples bone loss can be triggered very easily as well. Prolonged bed rest can cause osteoporosis and now after finding out this information scientists can spot the early symptoms using scans that will detect for osteoporosis if a fracture occurs.
Dr Nicola Peel of the National Osteoporosis Society in the UK said: "It is always exciting to see new techniques being developed with the potential to increase our understanding of the evolution and mechanism of bone disease.
"This approach of using calcium isotopes is very
interesting and appears to have potential to detect very early changes of bone
loss.
"This could therefore have a future role in the
clinical evaluation of patients."
By Tanya Kuzmich
