Get a Bone Density Test: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
If you are age 65 or older, it’s time to get a test to find out your bone strength. A bone density test will tell you if you are at risk for osteoporosis. ... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What It Means To You
This People's Piece is specifically written for the American people as a companion piece to the larger Surgeon General's report on bone health and osteoporosis. The magazine-style, full-color booklet ... Details >
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Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General (2004)
This first-ever Surgeon General’s Report on bone health and osteoporosis provides much needed information on bone health, an often overlooked
aspect of physical health. This report follows in the tra... Details >
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Bone Mass Measurement: What the Numbers Mean
A bone mineral density (BMD) test is the best way to determine your bone health. BMD tests can identify osteoporosis, determine your risk for fractures (broken bones), and measure your response to ost... Details >
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Bone Up on Bone Loss 
You make the bone that must last your lifetime when you are between the ages of 10 and 18 years old. This bone is known as your "peak bone mass." To reach the best possible peak bone mass, you must ge... Details >
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How Can Health Professionals Improve Bone Health?
Health care professionals have a critical role to play in helping their patients maintain strong, healthy bones throughout life. Evaluating potential risk factors for bone disease and promoting bone-h... Details >
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How to Keep Your Bones Healthy
Osteoporosis causes bones to thin and weaken. With osteoporosis, bone minerals (mainly calcium) are lost, causing bones to become so brittle that they could result in a wrist, hip or spine fracture. N... Details >
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Milk Matters Campaign -- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
This site addresses the growing problem of inadequate calcium consumption among children and adolescents. It provides information and resources for the general public and health care professionals tha... Details >
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health |
Myths and Realities of Bone Health
Over several decades, scientists have learned a significant amount about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of bone disease. Eight myths about bone health are debunked in this fact sheet.... Details >
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One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test
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Find out if you have osteoporosis risk factors. Take the One Minute Risk Test.
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International Osteoporosis Foundation |
Osteoporosis Prevention
Osteoporosis is largely preventable for most people. Prevention of this disease is very important because, while there are treatments for osteoporosis, there is currently no cure. There are five steps... Details >
National Osteoporosis Foundation |
Osteoporosis: Men
This page offers information on the risk factors that are associated with osteoporosis in men. It also answers questions as to how it's diagnosed, how it can be prevented and treated and what medicat... Details >
National Osteoporosis Foundation |
Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls: The National Bone Health Campaign
This bone health campaign for girls features tips on nutrition and exercise. Girls have fun playing quizzes and games as they learn about how to keep their bones strong.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Bone Health
Both pregnancy and breastfeeding cause changes and place extra demands on a woman’s body. Some of these may have an affect on her bones. The good news is that most women do not experience bone problem... Details >
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
Smoking and Bone Health
Cigarette smoking causes heart disease, lung and esophageal cancer, and chronic lung disease. Additionally, several research studies have identified smoking as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone ... Details >
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
Tips for Overcoming Bone Health Challenges
Parents everywhere face barriers that make it tough to ensure their daughters get enough weight-bearing physical activity and calcium. Turn challenges into opportunities to help yourself and your fami... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Tips to Improve Your Bone Health
These tips show how, with proper nutrition, physical activity, and regular check-ups and screenings, Americans can have strong bones and live longer, healthier lives.... Details >
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
What Is Bone Disease?
Bone diseases are conditions that result in the impairment of normal bone function and can make bones weak. This fact sheet contains general information about bone diseases, including why healthy bone... Details >
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