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

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 ...

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 ...

The number of Americans stricken by a deadly and debilitating bone-thinning disease continues to climb. According to a 2004 Surgeon General's report, more than half of Americans age 50 and older are ...

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 ...

Does taking calcium help keep your bones strong or not? I am going through perimenopause now, and osteoporosis is on my mind.

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 ...

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

Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” When our bones are viewed under a microscope, healthy bones appear to look like honeycomb. However, bones that are osteoporotic, have experienced a loss in mass and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...