How Common Is Osteoporosis?

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Heart Disease and Osteoporosis Have Common Link!

February is National Heart Awareness Month, so we'd like to tell you about the connection between heart disease and bone loss.

 

If you have heart disease you've probably had many chest x-rays to monitor your heart, and sometimes during these tests compression fractures of the spine are found.

 

New studies show that there is a correlation between these two diseases, so it's a good idea to have a DXA scan if you or a loved one has heart disorders.  There seems to be many comorbid conditions...

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