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Osteoporosis Risks and Complications

When most of us think of the "brittle bone disease" known as osteoporosis, we may picture a frail older woman with stooped posture and a fractured hip, but there really isn't a poster child for osteoporosis. "It could be an elderly lady, a man, or a younger woman who is fine, but is 5 feet tall and
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Osteoporosis Fractures: PT and Pain Management

If you've been diagnosed with osteoporosis, you probably know that you're at risk for fractures. Spinal fractures are the most common fractures linked to osteoporosis, with more than 700,000 of them occurring in the U.S. each year. These bone breaks are known as spinal compression fractures. And whi
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Does My Medication Affect My Bones?

If you have osteoporosis, or are at risk, you want to do all you can to keep your bones as strong as possible. Besides following your doctor's advice on diet and exercise, you should know that some medications are bone-friendly -- and others may have side effects that affect the bones. The medicatio
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The Truth About Vitamin D

The hottest topic in medicine isn't the newest drug or the latest surgical device. It's vitamin D. What brought the simmering debate to a boil was a 2007 study showing that people taking normal vitamin D supplements were 7% less likely to die than those who didn't take the daily supplements. A year
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Confused About Calcium Supplements?

Are you getting enough calcium in your diet? Maybe not -- especially if you're a woman or a teenage girl. Although Americans have improved their calcium intake in recent years, we're still not getting enough to maintain our bone health. How much is that? It depends on your age. According to the Inst
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Osteoporosis Tips: Build Stronger Bones

If you think of your body as a building, your bones are the framing. Without strong bones the whole thing would collapse. And that's a good analogy for what happens when we don't take good care of our bones. Over time, the body loses more and more bone, until we develop osteoporosis and it "collapse
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Low-Cost Ways to Protect Your Bones

If you have osteoporosis -- or are at high risk -- odds are you're not getting the care you need. A Stanford study determined that more than half of all people with osteoporosis remain undiagnosed. What's more, even high-risk patients -- such as those who have already had a hip fracture - often don'
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Building Stronger Bones

One in two women and one in four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her/his remaining lifetime. Yes, osteoporosis ("porous bones") affects men, too. Yet the advanced effects of bone loss -- a humped upper back or easily shattered limbs -- does not have to be in the future
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Bone Density: A Clue to Your Future

Health-conscious women who wouldn't dream of skipping their Pap test or mammogram appointments can be woefully ignorant about another type of vital health check -- the bone density test. This quick and painless evaluation, often done for the first time after menopause , can help predict whether you'
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The Truth About Vitamin D: Vitamin D Tests

Will a vitamin D test tell me if I need more vitamin D? That depends on whom you ask. As part of your regular blood test, your doctor can order a test for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD). The problem is not with the test. The problem is how to interpret the results. An expert committee convened by the
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