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Strontium: Calcium
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Strontium is divalent in all its compounds which are, aside from the hydroxide, fluoride, and sulfate, quite soluble. Strontium is a weaker complex former than calcium, giving a few weak oxy complexes with tartrates, citrates, and so on. Some physical properties of the element are given in the table.
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Strontium-90 is chemically similar to calcium, and tends to deposit in bone and blood-forming tissue (bone marrow). Thus, strontium-90 is referred to as a "bone seeker." Internal exposure to Sr-90 is linked to bone cancer, cancer of the soft tissue near the bone, and leukemia.
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Without Strontium, healthy osteoblast activity is impossible. Strontium is closely chemically related to calcium and when used in high doses as a supplement to a normal diet, can have a strong pharmacological effect on bone.
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Post-menopausal women normally lose about 1% of their bone per year, but the Strontium ranelate studies are showing 3 year bone growth of 8.1 %! These exciting results were published in large phase three study that followed two other very positive multinational strontium clinicals. In this most recent study, 1,649 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who had had at least one vertebral fracture were randomized to receive either strontium ranelate or placebo for three years. Both groups ... took calcium and vitamin D with the strontium to achieve these results
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