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Home Osteoporosis Osteoporosis leads to
1.5 million fractures, or breaks, per year, mostly in the hip, spine and
wrist, and costs $10 billion annually, according to the National
Osteoporosis Foundation. It threatens 25 million Americans, mostly older
women, but older men get it too. One in three women past 50 will suffer
a vertebral fracture, according to the foundation. These numbers are
predicted to rise as the population ages. So what can we do about it?
Read on: Tina
J. Underwood
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Osteoporosis
Disease Description
Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and more.Boning
Up on Osteoporosis
Lots of great info from the FDA.
Osteoporosis
Consensus-Prevention
Tina tells us about some of the things presented at the
Osteoporosis Consensus.
Women aren't alone! Men get it too. From the Food and Drug
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