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Fractures associated with this bone-weakening condition can be life-altering. Good nutrition, regular exercise and medications can help.
Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to become weak and easily broken. How likely you are to develop osteoporosis depends on how much bone mass you ...
Risk increases because bones tend to weaken with age (osteoporosis). Multiple medications, poor vision and balance problems also make older people more likely ...
Hormone levels. Hormones affect bones. Too much thyroid hormone can cause bone loss. And due to dropping estrogen levels, there's usually a lot of bone loss ...
Osteoporosis is a condition that causes the bones to thin and lose their strength. When bones become weaker, sudden fractures can occur, even with minimal ...
If too much is lost, then you can develop the bone disease osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can cause bones to become weak, brittle and prone to break. Due to ...
Stress fractures also can happen with regular use of a bone that's weaker due to a condition such as osteoporosis. Stress fractures are most common in the ...
Osteoporosis is a major cause of disability in older women. Osteoporosis is a bone-weakening disorder that can result in broken bones, such as in the hip ...
Osteoporosis occurs when the body's creation of new bone can no longer keep up with the breakdown of old bone. Bones then become weak, brittle and easily broken ...
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