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Osteoporosis and Bone Health: What You Should Know
Authored by: Michelle Barney, PharmD
Your bones help support your body and protect your organs. As you get older, your bones can become weaker. Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to become weak and more likely to break.
Osteoporosis can affect anyone, but the risk increases with age and is especially common in women after menopause.
What Are the Signs of Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is sometimes called a "silent disease" because you may not know you have it until you break a bone.
Bones commonly affected include the hip, spine and wrist. Osteoporosis may also caus...
Osteoporosis and Bone Health: What You Should Know
Authored by: Michelle Barney, PharmD
Your bones help support your body and protect your organs. As you get older, your bones can become weaker. Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to become weak and more likely to break.
Osteoporosis can affect anyone, but the risk increases with age and is especially common in women after menopause.
What Are the Signs of Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is sometimes called a "silent disease" because you may not know you have it until you break a bone.
Bones commonly affected include the hip, spine and wrist. Osteoporosis may also caus...
Are You at Risk of Osteoporosis?
Are you at risk of breaking a bone?
This Injection May Reduce Fracture Risk
A new injection reduced the risk of new fractures in women with osteoporosis who have gone through menopause, according to a new study.
What Exercise Could Do for Men's Bones
Bone health is probably something you don't plan on worrying about until you're older. But for men, bone health later in life may have something to do with their earlier years.
Bone Rx Boosted Breast Cancer Survival
Nearly all postmenopausal women with early-stage HR+ breast cancer are treated with aromatase inhibitors. But these drugs can significantly compromise bone health and up the risk of fractures.
Heartburn Drugs: Why Less May Be More
When it comes to acid reflux, better care sometimes means less medication.
Growth Hormone May Protect Bones
Women who want to give their bones a break may now have another tool in the toolbox.
What Pumping Iron Could Do for Men's Bones
For men, losing some bone mass as they age is natural. But that doesn't necessarily mean they can't slow it down — and possibly reduce their risk for conditions like osteoporosis in the process.
Mind Your Bones
Older adults are commonly prescribed drugs to strengthen their bones and combat injury. But these may be unnecessary when it comes to preventing one dangerous ailment.