Hormonal changes during menopause can take a toll on women's bone health. Louisa shares a targeted activity that can decrease ...

Worldwide, 1 in 3 women over age 50 will experience a bone fracture because of osteoporosis, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation. But it’s not just women, as 1 in 5 men over age 50 ...

Menopause brings numerous changes to a woman’s body, but perhaps none is as silent yet potentially devastating as the accelerated loss of bone density. This process begins subtly, often without ...

Pregnancies do not weaken a woman's skeleton. Breastfeeding, however, can reduce bone density considerably. These are ...

VACCINATIONS. AND TONIGHT’S WOMEN’S DOCTOR. IS THAT CAN AFFECT A WOMAN’S BONE HEALTH GENERALLY SPEAKING WOMEN HAVE SMALLER SKELETONS THAN MEN, BUT THERE ARE ONLY SMALL DIFFERENCES WHEN IT COMES TO ...

Drug combination could lower risk of fracture by 30 to 50 percent in women, according to Saint Louis University research ST. LOUIS - Taking a DHEA supplement combined with vitamin D and calcium can ...

In spite of what appear to be advanced screening methods for osteoporosis, the rate of screening is still very low among postmenopausal women. In a survey of Medicare claims from 2005 involving women ...

Results from a new UCB survey have revealed the impact osteoporosis has on women, with nearly two thirds (65%) agreeing that their condition is being neglected and that their healthcare authority ...

A long-term study of the most widely used osteoporosis drug has found that many women can discontinue the drug after five years without increasing their fracture risk for as long as five more years.

Over half the women deemed very high risk are receiving treatment with therapies not recommended as first-line.

Hearing loss is the third most common chronic health condition in the United States. Previous studies of people with hearing loss have uncovered higher prevalence of osteoporosis -- a disease in which ...