Nutritional strategies to optimize bone health throughout the life course -- Calcium and vitamin D -- Protein, potassium and fruit and vegetable influences on bone health: an update on current thinking -- Other key nutritional factors -- Lifestyle and constitutional risk factors -- Genetics of osteoporosis -- Secondary causes of osteoporosis -- Assessment of risk -- Exercise and bone health -- Exercise and cardiovascular health -- Importance of strength training -- Falls and fall prevention -- Psychological aspects of osteoporosis -- Fracture liaison services -- Management of osteoporosis in primary care services -- Patient education.
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Lipid disorders are among the primary risk factors in developing atherosclerosis and heart disease. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death world-wide in both genders. This book provides the inquiring physician with an up-to-date insight into the latest research into lipid disorders, and the implications of this research for daily clinical practice. The book provides an overview of the latest developments in this complex field by reviewing the most significant papers published in the medical journals on lipid disorders over the eighteen months to December 2006. "The Year in Lipid Disorders" will be an essential element of the reference library for all cardiovascular physicians.