01. Osteoporosis - a growing problem
Many people accept that becoming smaller and hunched over is a normal part of the ageing process, as are hip replacements. These perceptions are wrong.
Read02. Menopause, osteoporosis and diet
Many women have heard of osteoporosis and know that they should do something to prevent it. But when asked what that “something” is, many of them don't know.
Read 03. Facts about osteoporosis
Most people, when they hear the word "osteoporosis", think of older women and brittle bones and hip fractures. But that's not always the case.
Read 04. Osteoporosis and exercise
Osteoporosis has become a major diseases threat, with a woman’s risk of sustaining a hip fracture equal to the combined risk of developing breast, uterine and ovarian cancer.
Read 05. Osteoporosis and your diet
A healthy diet throughout the different life stages may play a role in the prevention of osteoporosis - a condition which is usually associated with old age.
Read 06. Causes of osteoporosis in women
When menopause occurs, the rate of bone loss accelerates and is particularly fast in the first ten years after menopause.
Read 07. How you can prevent osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a preventable disease. The good news is that there are many things you can do to prevent suffering from this condition later in life.
Read 08. Exercise and osteoporosis
Many people are sacred that exercise will increase their risk of bone fractures. The contrary is actually true, as physical activity actually maintains bone mass.
Read 09. Know your risk for osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a silent disease with no symptoms until a fracture occurs- to wait for symptoms is therefore too late. What can be done to predict future fractures?
Read 10. Osteoporosis - the basics
How much do you know about the basics of osteoporosis? A press release from MediClinic gives it to you in a nutshell.
Read 11. Osteoporosis: milk or supplements?
During your teens, it's absolutely essential to increase your calcium intake in order to ensure bone health in later life. But what's the best source of this vital nutrient?
Read 12. Osteoporosis - the facts
Women have always been considered at most risk of developing osteoperosis, because of having a lower bone mass. After menopause, the risk increases even further.
Read 13. Prevent osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become brittle, fragile and break easily.
Read 14. Preventing hip fractures
A computerised study of hip bones suggests that certain exercises could limit the steep increase in hip fracture risk that occurs as people grow old, British researchers report.
Read 15. Preventing osteoporosis
Dietician Dr Ingrid van Heerden discusses how calcium, vitamin D and exercise can help to delay the onset and severity of osteoporosis.
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16. Signs of deficiency
Calcium deficiency can cause low bone density and osteoporosis. Large intakes of magnesium and too much phosphorus, found in fizzy soft drinks, can upset your calcium balance.
Read 17. The benefits of HRT
Benefits include relief of hot flushes as well as the prevention of osteoporosis and coronary artery disease.
Read 18. Treating osteoporosis
There are many treatment options available to reduce bone loss. Many of these potent drugs are capable of reducing the rate of osteoporotic fractures by 50% or more.
Read 19. What about osteoporosis?
HRT clearly decreases the turnover of bone and prevents the loss of bone which occurs once you are in the menopause.
Read 20. Health benefits of exercise?
What are the health benefits of regular, moderate exercise?
Read 21. Preventing osteoporosis
So what is there you can do to prevent osteoporosis when you grow older?
Read 22. What if I break my spine or my hip?
While everything is done to prevent fractures, they still happen.
Read 23. What is a bone scan?
A bone scan is an X-ray that can show bone loss in the spine and hip area. The test takes about 10 – 20 minutes. It does not hurt at all.
Read 24. What is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease in which bone loss takes place, leading to decreased bone strength and an increased risk to sustain fractures.
Read 25. When to call your doctor
If you have risk factors for osteoporosis, pay a visit to your doctor to check your bone mineral density.
Read 26. Who is at risk for osteoporisis?
There are many factors that can put you at high risk for osteoporosis. Both men and women are at risk, though this disease is mostly associated with older women.
Read 27. Prevent bad health now!
If you knew that smoking that cigarette would make you drop dead instantly, you wouldn't smoke it, would you? But maybe these things below will.
Read 28. 10 facts on osteoporosis
Most people, when they hear the word "osteoporosis", think of older women and brittle bones and hip fractures. But that's not always the case.
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