| Introduction | | | | osteoporosis is a major determining factor in quality |
| Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become | | | | of life. |
| fragile and more likely to break. Osteoporosis is the | | | | Calcium and phosphate are two minerals that are |
| most common type of bone disease. Osteoporosis: | | | | essential for normal bone formation. Calcium is |
| Can kids get it too. Osteoporosis is so common that, | | | | essential for building and maintaining healthy bone. |
| on average, about 1 in 2 elderly Caucasian women will | | | | Calcium supplements: Do men need them too. Calcium |
| have had a fracture. Osteoporosis treatment in | | | | supplements: When should I take them. Calcium and |
| women: Maximize benefit from your therapy What | | | | vitamin D supplements are an integral part of all |
| are the best medications for osteoporosis treatment. | | | | treatments for osteoporosis. Calcium is not easily |
| Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become | | | | absorbed by the body without vitamin D. Calcium and |
| fragile and more likely to break. Osteoporosis makes | | | | phosphorusmust be obtained from the food we eat, |
| your bones weak and more likely to break. | | | | while hormones are producedby glands in various |
| Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone | | | | locations in the body. Calcium in the diet is important |
| disease. Osteoporosis occurs when the body fails to | | | | for strong, healthy bones. Calcium carbonate and |
| form enough new bone, or when too much old bone | | | | calcium citrate are two common forms. |
| is reabsorbed by the body, or both. Osteoporosis is a | | | | Fractures of the spine (vertebra) can cause severe |
| condition that features loss of the normal density of | | | | "band-like" pain that radiates around from the back to |
| bone and fragile bone. Osteoporosis leads to literally | | | | the side of the body. Fractures in the elderly: |
| abnormally porous bone that is more compressible like | | | | epidemiology and demography. Fractures that occur |
| a sponge, than dense like a brick. Osteoporosis is the | | | | in the absence of a fall or trauma should also raise |
| thinning ofbone mass (decrease in bone density), | | | | suspicions. Fractures are most likely to the hip, spine |
| which leads to fragile bones that canbreak more | | | | or wrist. Fractures due to osteoporosis (osteoporotic |
| easily. Osteoporosis, which means "porous bones," | | | | fractures) can lead to changes in posture (eg |
| causes bones to become weak and brittle -- so | | | | developing a stoop or Dowager's hump in your back), |
| brittle that even mild stresses like bending over, lifting | | | | muscle weakness, loss of height and bone deformity |
| a vacuum cleaner or coughing can cause a fracture. | | | | of the spine. Fractures can lead to chronic pain, |
| Bone biopsy and histomorphometry in clinical practice. | | | | disability, loss of independence and even premature |
| Bone consists of a matrix of fibers of the tough | | | | death. |
| protein collagen, hardened with calcium, phosphorus | | | | In conclusion, osteoporosis makes your bones weak |
| and other minerals. Bone mass peaks by about age | | | | and more likely to break. Osteoporosis is the most |
| 30, then bone breakdown outpaces formation, and | | | | common type of bone disease. Osteoporosis occurs |
| density declines, since the volume of bone remains | | | | when the body fails to form enough new bone, or |
| about the same. Bone density tests are useful for | | | | when too much old bone is reabsorbed by the body, |
| confirming a diagnosis of osteoporosis if a person has | | | | or both. Osteoporosis is a condition that features loss |
| already had a suspicious fracture, or for detecting | | | | of the normal density of bone and fragile bone. |
| low bone density so that preventive steps can be | | | | Osteoporosis leads to literally abnormally porous bone |
| taken. Bone strength and health is an important issue | | | | that is more compressible like a sponge, than dense |
| for women of any age. Bones lose calcium as they | | | | like a brick. Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone mass |
| age, making them vulnerable to osteoporosis and | | | | (decrease in bone density), which leads to fragile |
| fractures. Bone density sharply enhanced by weight | | | | bones that can break more easily. |
| training, even in the elderlyAs people reach old age, | | | | |