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  1. 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 ...

  2. Mayo Clinic Minute Exercise helps prevent bone fractures and falls Video Audio Graphic over older women and men in exercise

    will develop osteoporosis, according to the Centers for ... Robert Wermers, M.D.. Endocrinologist. Mayo Clinic. “Osteoporosis essentially is where you have a lack ...

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

    Targeting Mechanisms of Postmenopausal- and Disease-Related Osteoporosis. Bone tissue is a dynamic organ, where minor changes in cellular functions cause ...

  4. New tools to predict fracture risk - Mayo Clinic

    "Further, while the World Health Organization has defined osteoporosis as bone mineral density (BMD) at the hip or spine less than or equal to 2.5 standard ...

  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. Baby Boomers and Scoliosis: Osteoporosis Is Risk Factor - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Adults who had spine curvature as children can develop severe arthritis in the spine next to their old curves. In other cases, osteoporosis, or weakening of the ...

  7. 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?

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

    Robert Wermers, an endocrinologist at Mayo Clinic, says many individuals with osteoporosis have a high risk of falling, especially with older age: Falls are ...

  9. Mayo Clinic Minute: Osteoporosis is soft bones VIDEO AUDIO Jason Osteoporosis is often called “soft bones.” Bart Clarke, M.D

    The standard screening procedure for osteoporosis is a bone density test. Treatment is a combination of medication, adequate calcium and vitamin D intake, and ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Minute: Improving bone health before spinal surgery

    As people age, bones lose some of their structure. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are both conditions in which bones become less dense and, therefore, ...