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Weightbearing Exercise for Women and Girls
AAOS — If you want strong bones, you have to use them! Everyone needs lifelong weight-bearing exercise to build and maintain healthy bones. Girls and young women especially should concentrate on building strong bones now to cut their risk of ...More…
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Statins and Bone Health
AAOS — Is there a connection between the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins and improved bone health? Recently, news reports seemed to indicate one. But how strong is the connection? And just what could it mean for the millions of people with ...More…
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Osteoporosis and Falls
AAOS — If you have osteoporosis and you fall, you are likely to break a bone. Ten million people currently have osteoporosis; another 34 million have low bone mass and therefore are at risk of developing the disease. More than 1.5 million Americans each ...More…
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First Fracture May Be a Warning Sign
AAOS — A fracture can be more than a just a broken bone. It may be a warning sign that you have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis, or "porous bone" is a medical condition that weakens bone by making it more porous and less dense. Bone density is one of the .. ...More…
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Fibromyalgia Syndrome
AAOS — People with fibromyalgia (fI-bro-my-AL-gee-ah) syndrome, or FMS, live with constant pain in their muscles and soft tissues. Because the pain is spread throughout the body and because a variety of other symptoms can accompany the disease, ...More…