Osteoporosis Features

Guys, here's how you can protect your bone health now.

Bone up on what you can do to maintain bone health as you age.

Learn what kind of exercises you should do after you broke a bone due to osteoporosis.

Here's how getting the right nutrients can boost your bone strength and help prevent osteoporosis.

Vitamin D and calcium are essential for bone health. How to know if you're getting enough.

What’s robbing your bones of what they need?

Learn smart ways to get around, cook, dress, and stay independent when you're nursing a broken bone.

Our expert gives four ways to protect and strengthen your bones.

Get the facts about medications and their impact on bone health.

Find out what might put you at risk of bone fractures and osteoporosis and how to keep tabs on your bone health.

How are osteoporosis fractures treated? Learn about physical therapy and pain management options.

Building strong bones now may protect you from osteoporosis later. How diet and exercise can help strengthen your bones.

WebMD talks to experts about whether it's possible to reverse osteoporosis.

Get answers to common questions about vitamin D.

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.

Weight loss and bone loss can sometimes go hand in hand. What is the relationship between osteoporosis and dieting, and how do you know if you’re at risk for bone loss? Learn about safe dieting here.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frustrated with the way clothes look on you lately? Try these fashion tips for a better fit and feel.

Heavy drinking and alcohol use has been linked with osteoporosis and risk of serious fractures.

Eating for bone health can be delicious! Try these calcium and vitamin D-rich recipes today.

About 20% of people with osteoporosis are men. What causes osteoporosis in men, and what can a man do about it?

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

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

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

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.

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!

Advances in research are shedding new light on osteoporosis, which may affect up to half of all Americans over age 50 by the year 2020.

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.

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

DEXA bone density scans: Will you glide into your golden years or live out a fractured fairy tale?

Sally Field, an actress known for playing strong women, tells of her battle against a bone-thinning disease.

For those with osteoporosis, several newer drugs (bisphosphonates and selective estrogen receptor modulators, or SERMs) seem to maintain or increase bone density and prevent fractures.

If you have osteoporosis or you're concerned about getting it, learn how some inexpensive ways to change your diet and exercise habits. Your new lifestyle will help you keep your bones strong and prevent fractures.

Low bone mineral density? Worried about osteoporosis? Here's how to build stronger bones.

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

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