http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Bones, Joints & Muscles News, updated continuously. en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:21:49 PST Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/betterdrugemergesforsteroidinducedboneloss.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/betterdrugemergesforsteroidinducedbonelossThu, 29 Oct 2009 20:49:44 PDTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The drug teriparatide is better at increasing bone density and reducing vertebral fractures in patients with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis than the drug alendronate, a new study finds.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/cellphonemayreducebonedensityinhips.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/cellphonemayreducebonedensityinhipsMon, 26 Oct 2009 20:49:55 PDTHealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Wearing a cell phone on your hip may reduce bone density in an area of the pelvis commonly used for bone grafts, a new study suggests.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/cluestohypertensioninkidsmaybeseeninbones.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/cluestohypertensioninkidsmaybeseeninbonesTue, 20 Oct 2009 20:50:10 PDTHealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research links high blood pressure in children to bones that are more mature than average, suggesting that advanced bone age may predict cardiovascular problems.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/genesmaylinkhipfracturesandheartdisease.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/genesmaylinkhipfracturesandheartdiseaseTue, 20 Oct 2009 20:49:53 PDTHealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- People with cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure and stroke -- and probably their close relatives as well -- may have an increased risk for hip fractures, a new study has found.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_spine_drug.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_spine_drugSun, 18 Oct 2009 10:00:57 PDTReuters - A common antidepressant combined with an intensive treadmill training program helped people with partial spinal cord injuries walk better and faster, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/stemcellsgrowhearttissueinlab.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/stemcellsgrowhearttissueinlabThu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:46 PDTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report a major step toward the goal of literally rebuilding a broken heart -- creating a strip of working heart muscle in the laboratory by using a newly identified human cardiac master stem cell.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_med_heart_repair.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_med_heart_repairThu, 15 Oct 2009 15:11:40 PDTAP - Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle — and then watched it beat — by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart mechanic. "We're making a heart part and (eventually) we're going to put the part in," is how he describes the work by his team of Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/healthhighlightsoct132009.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/healthhighlightsoct132009Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:49:04 PDTHealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: