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Osteoporosis Disease
Osteoporosis and low bone mass are common conditions, affecting as many as 44 million individuals in the United States. Osteoporosis has been estimated to lead to 1.3 million bone fractures a year in people over 45 years of age, which is represents 70 percent of all fractures...
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Understanding the Link Between Osteoporosis and Heart Disease in Women
Research over the past decade has uncovered a curious connection: Women who have coronary heart disease have more osteoporosis (loss of... Read more »
Question of the Week: Is Osteoporosis a Manufactured Disease?
Since the early 1990's there have been many theories floating around that the drug companies and DXA scan manufacturer's created... Read more »
Heart Disease and Osteoporosis
Several studies over the years have demonstrated a curious paradox: People with more osteoporosis (thin bones) are more likely to have... Read more »
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... Read more »
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a decrease in bone density. As humans age, resorption of bone outpaces formation of bone and bone density begins to... Read more »
From Our Sources
Osteoporosis May Be a Childhood Disease: Experts
Osteoporosis may be a childhood disease that simply shows up late in life, some researchers suggest. People who do not get enough calcium in babyhood... Read more »
Clinical trial: Osteoporosis meds and kidney disease
This is a study to compare the renal safety of Boniva and Fosamax in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis who are at high risk for kidney disease.... Read more »
Celiac disease linked to osteoporosis
People who have celiac disease may be more prone to osteoporosis, a new study has found. Researchers had believed that it was vitamin deficiency in... Read more »
Osteoporosis and Type of Hip Fracture in Parkinson Disease
Source: eOrthopod
In this study from Italy, researchers examine the type of hip fractures that occur in Parkinson patients. They offer suggestions for hip fracture... Read more »
Osteoporosis May Be Drastically Underdiagnosed in Men
Just because women are more at risk for bone loss does not mean that men are immune, experts say. In fact, at least 2 million men currently have... Read more »
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