US DEPT OF HHS: New NIAMS grant targets osteoporosis inin men.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-15 October 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: New NIAMS grant targets osteoporosis in men (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151099 Osteoporosis, the major bone-weakening and fracture-causing disease which has long been studied in women, will now undergo major scrutiny in men with the award of a seven-center, $23.8 million grant by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) in partnership with the National Institute on Aging and the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The 7-year study, which will enroll and then follow some 5,700 men 65 years and older for an average of 4.5 years, will determine the extent to which the risk of fracture in men is related to bone mass and structure,...