This essay will address several types of bone loss diseases and the pros and cons of treatment or prevention techniques. I will first explore what the characteristics of healthy bone are and what the loss of bone mass and density can mean to a person's health and well being. My sources will be from the internet, magazines, medical journals, several books, and the1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. I have a personal interest in this subject because …showed first 75 words of 3226 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3226 total…and 12 months. The groups that received CEE plus MPA showed intermediate effects between the group that received CEE only and the group that received estradiol plus norgestrel. Conclusions: Combined estrogen and progestogen therapy may have effects on the heart different from those of estrogen therapy alone because of adverse impact of progestogens on Lp(a) and HDL-C levels. The effects of progesterones were dependent on the androgenic potency of progestogen and the duration of therapy.