Calcification

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Drinking too much tea causes calcified bones
Medicine - Health

Drinking too much tea causes calcified bones

A 47-year-old woman in Michigan had a rare bone disease in the United States, after she drank a tea made from at least 100 tea bags a day for 17 years.

December 14, 2018
Detection of bone calcification control mechanism
Medicine - Health

Detection of bone calcification control mechanism

Canadian researchers at McGill University have discovered for the first time a biological mechanism that controls calcification of bones, teeth and tissues, causing many…

December 14, 2018
Osteomalacia
Medicine - Health

Osteomalacia

Osteomalacia occurs when the skeleton does not perform calcification (also called mineralization) as usual. Rickets in children are also a manifestation of this conditio…

December 14, 2018