Within the past few weeks, two people came up to me who were told they have osteoporosis, and one diagnosed with osteopenia. I thought it would be a good article about the difference and what can you ...

What is bone density? Put simply, it is a metric used to measure the strength of your bones – and a helpful method of assessing the potential risk of osteoporosis, a condition that weakens bones and ...

Often, the fracture is the first warning sign of osteoporosis. On its website, osteoporosis.ca, the national, charitable non-profit says people living with osteoporosis face a reduced quality of life, ...

Researchers from the University of Leipzig and Shandong University have recognized GPR133, a receptor in bone-forming cells, ...

A recent study points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the ...

Although osteoporosis is traditionally thought of as a woman’s disease, it affects both men and women and begins years, often decades, before the first visible sign — which is often a fractured bone.

Do you have questions about osteoporosis? Osteoporosis, or porous bones, is a disease that causes bones to become weak and break easily. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...

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Most people do not realize their bones are weakening until they experience a fracture. For women, the risk of osteoporosis increases significantly after menopause due to the drop in estrogen. But bone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Barnett will speak on this topic as part of the USC Jorge H. Mestman Endocrine in Pregnancy and Women’s Health ...