Modern humans have a much lighter bone structure than those of our ancestors and other modern primates, and an international team of researchers think they may know why, says a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“We set out to test three potential explanations for modern human gracility and any one of them would have been interesting,” explains Timothy M Ryan, lead author. “What we found was the most interesting.” Continue reading →

Women who use bisphosphonates – drugs that treat osteoporosis and other bone conditions – seem to have about half the risk of developing endometrial cancer as women who do not use the drugs, according to findings in Cancer.

Previous research has found that bisphosphonates reduce the likelihood of some forms of cancer; the new study suggests that endometrial cancer, which arises in the lining of the uterus, can be added to the list. Continue reading →