Osteoporosis
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The Effects of Smoking on Bone Health
Cigarette smoke generates free radicals -- molecules that attack and overwhelm the body's natural defenses -- contributing to bone loss and osteoporosis.
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Breakfasts for Strong Bones: 12 Foods to Boost Bone Health
Diagnosed with osteoporosis? Getting the calcium and vitamin D you need is easier than you think -- if you think better breakfasts!
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6 Medical Conditions Linked to Osteoporosis and Bone Loss
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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Osteoporosis, Bone Loss and Posture: 6 Tips to Look Your Best
Frustrated with the way clothes look on you lately? Try these fashion tips for a better fit and feel.
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Bone Density Scans and Bone Health Screenings
When should you get a bone density scan, and why?
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What Causes Osteoporosis? And Why?
Think you know what causes osteoporosis? Think again -- some of the causes may surprise you.
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5 Lifestyle Steps for Bone Health
Maximize bone health and reduce the effects of osteoporosis with these simple steps. Start today.
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Weight Training for Osteoporosis: Exercise Tips for Women
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.
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Weight-Bearing Exercise: 8 Workouts for Strong Bones
You can preserve bone density, balance, and strength -- with a little tango, tennis, golf, and more!
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Calcium: Gotta Have It for Healthy Bones
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.
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Exercises to Help Osteoporosis
Learn how to prevent –- and treat -– osteoporosis with weight-lifting, balancing exercise, and aerobics.
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Osteoporosis Diet Dangers: Foods to Avoid
Salt, soda, caffeine: Could your daily diet be damaging your bones, leading to osteoporosis?
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How Much Do You Know About Bones?
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!
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Osteoporosis Medications: How They Work
From the latest medications to daily supplements -- what's your osteoporosis medication doing for you?
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Soda and Osteoporosis: Is There a Connection?
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.
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Sally Field: An Osteoporosis Story
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.
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New Weapons to Fight Osteoporosis
It's not just hormones anymore. Today, there are several ways to fight the brittle bones and potentially deadly fractures due to osteoporosis.
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Exercise for Osteoporosis
Health experts recommend exercise for osteoporosis; here's how you can get it.
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Osteopenia
About 18 million Americans have osteopenia, a health problem can turn into osteoporosis.
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Know Your Osteoporosis Blood Test Markers
Know where you are with your osteoporosis test markers
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Boning Up on Bones
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
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