Mammal mothers give up a lot to care for their young. To nourish their newborns with milk, their bodies pull calcium from their very own bones. Scientists have long wondered why mothers' skeletons don ...

Birthing and caring for a newborn can be hard on a mother’s bones. Estrogen, which helps regulate bone growth, drops precipitously after birth, and lactation saps the skeleton of calcium. Yet nursing ...

Something puzzling happens when humans lactate. Milk production requires boatloads of calcium, which the body pulls from bones. Typically, this would cause significant bone loss. Yet, somehow, most ...

A newly discovered hormone that keeps the bones of breastfeeding women strong could also help bone fractures heal and treat osteoporosis in the broader population. Researchers at UC San Francisco ...

CCN3, a hormone secreted by neurons in the brain, enhances the density and strength of bone in lactating mice. This discovery could lead to new treatments for osteoporosis and improved fracture ...

Bone health is critically influenced by the balance of growth hormone signalling, with both growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and acromegaly demonstrating significant but contrasting impacts on the ...

WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A newly discovered hormone could help fight osteoporosis and quickly heal broken bones, researchers say. The research team identified Maternal Brain ...

Credit: Getty Images. New study results solve a long-standing puzzle about how women’s bones remain relatively robust during breastfeeding, even as calcium is stripped from bones to support milk ...

Pregnancy takes a heavy toll on the body, brain, and bones. Although estrogen typically helps women maintain bone health, it goes offline after pregnancy, a time during which calcium is stripped from ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Hormone supplements plus a bone-building drug work better at increasing bone density than either treatment alone in older women, a study suggests. The study involved 373 women ages 65 ...

During sleep, the brain produces growth hormone to help build muscle and bone and reduce fat. UC Berkeley research in mice reveals the brain circuits that regulate growth hormone release, along with a ...