Red and yellow fruit for bone health
You may know about getting enough calcium to help protect your bones from osteoporosis and keep them healthy. Keeping your bones healthy takes a bit more than that. There are many things that contribute to taking care of your bones as you get older. Eating lots of red and orange fruit and vegetables may help [...]
One tablet a month could help osteoporosis after menopause
One tablet (150mg) of the drug ibandronate (Boniva) a month could help women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Boniva is related to the drugs Fosamax and Actonel both of which are available to be taken by mouth daily or weekly. All these are all drugs which help to prevent and treat osteoporosis after menopause. Boniva can be [...]
Calcium and osteoporosis
Menopause is a condition that many women dread, mostly because they don’t know exactly what to expect. One of the most common symptoms of menopause is osteoporosis. Virtually every woman will have osteoporosis to varying degrees after menopause. The severity will depend on factors like heredity and how much care you took of your body [...]
Preventing osteoporosis
Osteoporosis prevention starts well before the menopausal years, during your late teens, 20s and early 30s, when preventing osteoporosis is the last thing on your mind. Peak bone mass Peak bone mass (PBM) is the amount of tissue in your bones when they are at their most dense. The higher your peak bone mass, the [...]
Treatment for osteoporosis
What are the features that suggest you might have osteoporosis? Fractures If you fracture your hip, wrist or spine after a minor fall e.g. tripping over something in the house, you may have osteoporosis, especially if you are over 40. It is usually not suspected or diagnosed in the early stages. By the time you [...]
Osteoporosis
Of all the discomforts and inconvenience, both big and small, you may experience during menopause, one of the most important is osteoporosis. What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a condition in which there is less normal bone than expected for a woman’s age, with an associated increase in the risk of fractures. Essentially, the bones develop [...]
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