Osteoporosis: a load of old bones - How accurate is bone testing? - Currently, most screening systems measure bone mineral density (BMD). Susan Ott, associate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, has w...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones - A step by-step guide: beating osteoporosis without drugs - Osteoporosis is mainly a lifestyle disease. There's good evidence that exercise and diet alone can prevent it (J Bone Miner Res, 1988; 3:145-9). The f...

Osteoporosis: a load of old bones osteoporosis: a load of old bones - Medicine claims to be able to both prevent and treat osteoporosis. however, many of these so-called cures may actually cause the condition. - These days, medicine is waxing optimistic about osteoporosis, announcing that there are more opportunities than ever before to make this crippling dis...

Brittle bones - Some hard truths about preventing bone loss - Osteoporosis, which means ‘porous bones’, describes any condition that reduces bone mass. Symptoms include leg and foot cramps; height loss; lower-bac...

Osteoporosis - Osteoporosis is a progressive reduction of bone density, which makes the skeleton gradually ever more brittle. Although we know the many risk factors...

Osteoporosis: the bare bones of it - In 1996, WDDTY claimed that the so-called cures for osteoporosis may actually cause it (WDDTY, vol 6, no 12). Since then, nothing has changed. In fact...

Osteoporosis - A 58-year-old active woman has learned that the bone density in her back has slipped to just 87% of normal levels. She takes a wide range of vitamins...

Osteoporosis - Q A bone density test has revealed that I have signs of osteoporosis. My doctor has offered me drug treatment together with calcium and vitamin D, but...