Experts explain how declining testosterone accelerates bone loss in men, raising osteoporosis and fracture risk, and outline early warning signs, screening and prevention.

Osteoporosis refers to the loss of bone density in the human skeleton. With approximately six million people affected in ...

CLEVELAND - Osteoporosis is blamed for backbone fractures. The real culprit could well be our own vertebrae, which evolved to absorb the pounding of upright walking, researchers at Case Western ...

Bones break. But as women grow older, breaks become more common because of osteoporosis: a disease of the skeletal system identified by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue, also called ...

Pregnancy brings many wonderful changes to the body, but it can also impact bone strength in ways that are often overlooked. This article explains how pregnancy-related osteoporosis happens, who is at ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Osteoporosis or porous bone is an illness in which the bones of the body become weakened. Such porous bones have less bone mass, which makes them more likely to break leading to ...

Various pharmaceuticals are crucial in managing osteoporosis, a condition characterized by weakened bones. These medications are designed to improve bone health by slowing down bone loss, increasing ...

Bone density tests (also called bone mineral density tests or BMD tests) check how strong your bones are by measuring a small part of one or a few of them. The results can help your doctor know how ...

Although women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis, or porous bone, one in 12 men also suffer from the disease, which can lead to debilitating fractures. In women, low estrogen ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug treatment specifically for postmenopausal women with a high risk of breaking bones. Doses are taken in two back-to-back injections ...

In clinical trials, Evenity substantially increased bone density and prevented fractures more effectively than available treatments, according to the drug makers’ findings. By Gina Kolata The Food and ...

The Duchess of Cornwall is speaking out about osteoporosis, a condition she says contributed to her mother's death. Camilla, 71, marked the official launch of the Royal Osteoporosis Society at the ...