Osteoporosis

Cigarette smoke generates free radicals -- molecules that attack and overwhelm the body's natural defenses -- contributing to bone loss and osteoporosis.

Diagnosed with osteoporosis? Getting the calcium and vitamin D you need is easier than you think -- if you think better breakfasts!

Some fairly common medical conditions are among the causes of osteoporosis bone loss. Assess your risk, and find out what to do.

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When should you get a bone density scan, and why?

Think you know what causes osteoporosis? Think again -- some of the causes may surprise you.

Maximize bone health and reduce the effects of osteoporosis with these simple steps. Start today.

Did you know that weight training for osteoporosis -- not just walking or doing aerobics, but lifting weights -- can help protect your bones and prevent osteoporosis-related fractures? Here's how to get started on weight training.

You can preserve bone density, balance, and strength -- with a little tango, tennis, golf, and more!

Milk and other calcium-rich foods are an important part of a bone-healthy lifestyle that can not only reduce the risk of fractures as you get older, but may also protect against certain cancers.

Learn how to prevent –- and treat -– osteoporosis with weight-lifting, balancing exercise, and aerobics.

Salt, soda, caffeine: Could your daily diet be damaging your bones, leading to osteoporosis?

Take this quiz to find out how much you know about bone health, and learn a bit about what you can do to protect your skeleton from head to toe!

From the latest medications to daily supplements -- what's your osteoporosis medication doing for you?

If you're a soda lover, you need to be extra-vigilant about bone health. There may be a link between soda and osteoporosis that could be putting your bones at risk.

Sally Field, a well-known actress, was diagnosed with osteoporosis just short of her 60th birthday. Due to estrogen levels, the onset of osteoporosis generally hits the same time menopause begins.

It's not just hormones anymore. Today, there are several ways to fight the brittle bones and potentially deadly fractures due to osteoporosis.

Health experts recommend exercise for osteoporosis; here's how you can get it.

About 18 million Americans have osteopenia, a health problem can turn into osteoporosis.

Know where you are with your osteoporosis test markers

It's not your run-of-the-mill camp, though the 46 boys who attended Camp Calcium at Purdue University this year participated in all the fun and games typically associated with six weeks away from mom and dad. But the camp is also an innovative setting for a research project, now in its seventh year, looking at how the body uses calcium to build bones during the adolescent growth spurt. Findings f