Research indicates that Green Tea antioxidants help protect bone health in the aging population. In this study scientists at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock tested the effects of 500mg of Green Tea Polyphenols or 3 sessions of the exercise Tai Chi per-week on bone and muscle health in 171 postmenopausal women with osteopenia over a six-month period. Either Green Tea Polyphenols or Tai Chi, or both together improved muscle strength and indicated improved activity of bone formation in these women.

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer and accounts for 20% of cutaneous malignanciesand 90% of all head and neck cancers. Unlike most basal cell carcinomas SCCs of the skin are associated with a risk of metastasis. SCC frequently arises on the sun-exposed skin of middle-aged and elderly individuals (see the image below).

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that Grape Seed Extract -- a natural and very powerful antioxidant -- may help prevent the development or delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The research team was led by Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD, The Saunder Family Professor in Neurology, and Professor of Psychiatry and Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. This is the first study to evaluate the ability of grape-derived polyphenols to prevent the generation of a specific form of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide, a substance in the brain long known to cause the neurotoxicity associated with Alzheimer disease.

Unusual hip fractures are reported in women taking bisphosphonates but this is a rare event and controversially they seem related to the use of the drugs. Brazilian physicians at the Pernambuco School of Medicine report on treatment of three of these women. All three suffered with subtrochanteric hip fractures running down the shaft of the bone.