Osteoporosis is a degenerative disease of the skeletal system. Bone mass and density is decreased putting those who suffer from the condition at an increased risk and causes higher instances of fractures. There are several factors that help determine who will get Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is largely preventable for most people. Prevention of this disease is [...]

Osteoporosis is a disease of the skeletal system. This type of condition constitutes low bone mass, or the loss of the normal density of bone and the structural deterioration of the bone tissue. Osteoporosis quite literally means porous bone. Bones are comprised of protein, collagen and calcium and are normally very dense in nature. Osteoporosis, [...]

Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease. Currently there are an estimated ten million Americans suffering with the disease and millions more have low bone mass and are at risk. Too often a person will sustain a painful fracture before becoming aware that they have the disease. By this time the disease is [...]

Osteoporosis causes the bones to become weak and more likely to break. This is due to the rapid loss of bone mass or density. While anyone can develop osteoporosis it is most prevalent in older women. It is estimated that as many as half of all women over the age of 50 will break a [...]

Osteoporosis is often referred to as the silent disease or even the silent killer. The disease often develops over many years, with no symptoms or discomfort, and goes unnoticed until a fracture occurs. Osteoporosis often causes a loss of height and dowager's hump due to fractures of the spine. Fractures of the spine, wrist and [...]

The problem with osteoporosis, besides the painful fractures that it causes is that there has been no cause identified, and no cure has been found. Several risk factors have been identified. While some of these factors cannot be controlled, like age, gender and race, there are several involving lifestyle that can be changed. A big [...]

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes the skeleton to weaken and the bones to break. Even today with all of the knowledge that we have many men, and even health professionals view osteoporosis as a woman’s disease. Currently 2 million men are afflicted with the disease and another 3 million are at risk.

Osteoporosis is the most common form of metabolic bone disease. It is fairly common and often debilitating. While the disease can affect anyone, it is most prevalent in postmenopausal women. With osteoporosis, bone mass is severely decreased leaving bones weak and susceptible to fracture. Osteoporotic postmenopausal women don't need to fall or sustain injury to [...]

Osteoporosis is a degenerative disease of the skeletal system. Bone mass and density is decreased putting those who suffer from the condition at an increased risk and causes higher instances of fractures. While there is no single known cause for this disease there are several factors that help determine who will get Osteoporosis. Since there [...]

The term osteoporosis quite literally means porous bone. Normal bone marrow has small holes within it, but a bone with osteoporosis will have much larger holes that may look like a sponge. This is because the disease is a loss of bone mass; it alters the structure of the bone and causes the bones to [...]