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  1. Mayo Clinic Minute: What's a bone density test?

    Osteoporosis is softening of the bones, particularly as you age. It's often not diagnosed until a bone is broken. And by that time, the bones can already be ...

  2. 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.

  3. Mayo Clinic Minute: Exercise helps prevent bone fractures and falls

    "Osteoporosis essentially is where you have a lack of structure or mineral in the bone, so you're more predisposed to fracturing or breaking bones,” says Dr.

  4. Benefits of Osteopenia Medication Remain Even After Discontinuing Use

    Osteopenia means that bone density is lower than normal and could lead to osteoporosis, a condition in which bones are weak, brittle and vulnerable to breaking.

  5. Researchers report link between cells associated with aging and bone loss

    ... Osteoporosis Foundation. Bone is a living tissue that is constantly being broken down and replaced. Osteoporosis occurs when the creation of new bone doesn ...

  6. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Bone Health as You Age

    DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Should all postmenopausal women take calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis, or are there other things I can do to prevent it?

  7. Optimizing bone health before complex spinal surgery - Mayo Clinic

    Osteoporosis and osteopenia are common among spinal surgery patients ages 50 and older. Bone density issues contribute to proximal junctional kyphosis and ...

  8. Call to action produces consensus recommendations around osteoporosis secondary fracture prevention - Mayo Clinic

    Skeletal fragility related to osteoporosis is a common contributing factor to fracture in adults. Despite a number of effective treatments to lower the risk ...

  9. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Finding the right osteoporosis medication

    DEAR MAYO CLINIC: The bisphosphonate drugs I take for osteoporosis aren't working in my case. My doctor has suggested a few alternatives. Any thoughts on ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Minute: Osteoporosis affects men, too VIDEO AUDIO Jason Osteoporosis is thinning of your bones to the point where th

    Jason. Osteoporosis is thinning of your bones to the point where they can break. Bart Clarke, M.D.. Endocrinology. Mayo Clinic. “Bone loss really starts to ...