HEALTH LITERACY: Understanding osteoporosis: Causes, risk factors, and preventive strategies for bone health ...

Lung transplant patients should undergo annual bone health screenings using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the first ...

Regular screenings, lifestyle modifications and open conversations with healthcare providers can pave the way for healthier ...

Supplementation with cholecalciferol 1,000 IU/day during pregnancy is associated with greater offspring bone mineral d ...

University of Alberta-led researchers, including the developers and promoters of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), ...

Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy.

Studies show that resistance exercises for bone health are essential for maintaining and improving bone density. This may include using free weights, weight machines, medicine balls, resistance bands, ...

Dear Susan, While osteoporosis is much more common in adults age 60 and older, it can strike younger people too. In fact, ...

Dear Savvy Senior, Can a person in their early fifties have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter, the ...

Men should consider screening if they have risk factors for osteoporosis, which include smoking, alcohol use disorder, some ...

Medicare generally covers a bone density scan every other year for women over 65 and men over the age of 70. However, the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation says that scans can begin even ...

Erasmus University Medical Center researchers in Rotterdam have tracked vitamin D supplementation improvements in bone ...