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  1. Mayo Clinic Minute: Osteoporosis affects men, too

    Osteoporosis is thinning of your bones to the point where they can break. "Bone loss really starts to occur in a big way at about age 55," says Dr. Bart Clarke, ...

  2. Improving musculoskeletal health in patients with osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic

    Mayo physiatrists employ a variety of exercise programs, including Rehabilitation of Osteoporosis Program-Exercise (ROPE) and spinal proprioceptive ...

  3. brittle bones Archives - Mayo Clinic News Network

    mass and become brittle. These are the signs and symptoms of osteoporosis. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis is responsible for 2 ...

  4. Excess Vitamin a May Increase Risk of Osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic News Network

    You are correct. Studies indicate that excess vitamin A stored in the body may increase the risk of reduced bone mineral density and lead to osteoporosis. For ...

  5. Mayo Clinic Minute: What women should know about osteoporosis risk

    Dr. Abate says osteoporosis screenings should start between 50 and 55 years old. Developing healthy bones on the other hand should start early in ...

  6. Osteoporosis - Doctors and departments - Mayo Clinic

    Fractures associated with this bone-weakening condition can be life-altering. Good nutrition, regular exercise and medications can help.

  7. Targeting Mechanisms of Postmenopausal- and Disease-Related Osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic Research

    Osteoclasts become highly active during aging and postmenopausal osteoporosis. During normal homeostasis, bone resorption by osteoclasts is well balanced ...

  8. Zooming in on rare bone cells that drive osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Researchers have developed a new high-resolution, analytical technique to identify the cells that are known to drive osteoporosis.

  9. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Early Bone Density Test May Be Useful for Some Women

    Osteoporosis risk rises with age because as you get older, you lose bone faster than your body can make it. Osteoporosis occurs when the body's creation of new ...

  10. New tools to predict fracture risk - Mayo Clinic

    Osteoporosis is widely understood to be associated with low bone mass. Matthew T. Drake, M.D., Ph.D., an endocrinology consultant at Mayo Clinic's campus in ...