HEALTH LITERACY: Understanding osteoporosis: Causes, risk factors, and preventive strategies for bone health ...

The task force also recommends screening postmenopausal women younger than 65 who have one or more risk factors for osteoporosis, which is a really important population and part of its overall ...

The 2023 Osteoporosis Canada guideline suggests bone mass density (BMD) testing for men without Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) risk factors, starting at age 70 years.[1][1] Figure 1 states ...

Lung transplant patients should undergo annual bone health screenings using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the first ...

Dear Susan, While osteoporosis is much more common in adults age 60 and older, it can strike younger people too. In fact, ...

Madam Kumari, as she is known, has osteoporosis or brittle bones. The condition typically presents without any warning ...

My fifth pillar of health is socialization. Make an effort to have a rich and full social life. There's an epidemic of ...

Dear Savvy Senior, Can a person in their early fifties have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter, the ...