When Debra cracked both a tooth and a bone in her foot in the same year, she thought something was not right. But it wasn't until she sought help from her doctor for brain fog and tiredness due to ...

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 ...

Our bones support more than just a few essential functions in the body. Not only do they provide a robust framework to hold our body upright (an incredible feat in itself!), they coordinate with our ...

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The doctors and nurses at the emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida, were “perplexed,” as Dia Thomas remembers it. They believed her when she said she was in pain—imaging had revealed fractures in ...

It starts to steadily decline after 40—so start today.

Your bones could be silently thinning for years before you ever fall and break one in midlife or older age—a fate that strikes up to half of women over 50, double the number of men. At the moment of a ...

Most tools used to assess the risk of fractures and osteoporosis rely on bone density alone, but these may miss a large ...

Once bone density is lost, it cannot typically be rebuilt, but you may be able to prevent further loss. Calcium and vitamin D, along with exercise and managing medications, are important for bone ...

We need strong, healthy bones to help us bend over to put on shoes, stand up, walk and do all our everyday tasks, from running up and down stairs to lifting a toddler out of danger to carrying ...