“Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.” – Kahlil Gibran Dear Red Hot Mamas, Spring is finally here after our long bout of cold spells we’ve succumbed to in New Jersey. It’s so great to see the ...
Read More »The Business of Your Bones… Osteoporosis
Contributed by Karen Giblin- Red Hot Mamas Expert Osteoporosis literally means porous bones. It is a disease that makes a person’s bones weak and makes them more prone to fracture. Approximately 10 million Americans have osteoporosis and another 44 million ...
Read More »May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month! Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones over time. Because of this, it puts you at risk for breaking a bone. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is the most common form of osteoporosis. It affects many women ...
Read More »May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
Osteoporosis literally means “porous bones” that become more brittle and breaks easily. Bone is continually being broken down and replaced. When you have osteoporosis, more bone is broken than being built and this causes more bone loss to occur. Your ...
Read More »Two Thirds Of Women Receiving Medication For Osteoporosis Potentially Did Not Need Treatment, Study Finds.
Medscape (1/7, Haelle) reports, “Two thirds of women receiving medication for osteoporosis potentially did not need treatment,” a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests. What’s more, “half of these women with possibly inappropriate prescriptions were younger ...
Read More »News from American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2015 Annual Meeting/Hip Fractures & Osteoporosis
Source- http://www.asbmr.org/Default.aspx Published Oct 9, 2015
Read More »News from American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2015 Annual Meeting/ Quick Facts About Bone Health
Source- http://www.asbmr.org/Default.aspx Published on Oct 9, 2015
Read More »May is National Osteoporosis Month
Did you know that two million broken bones occur every year in the U.S. due to osteoporosis? It’s true, but most people get their fracture fixed without ever realizing they have osteoporosis or low bone mass. Red Hot Mamas encourages ...
Read More »Osteoporosis
Contributed by Dr. Verna Brooks Mckenzie, Red Hot Mamas® Medical Expert Osteoporosis, otherwise called brittle bone disease, is a disorder of the skeleton characterized by compromised bone strength which predisposes to an increased risk of fracture. There is deterioration in ...
Read More »Habitual Cola Drinkers at Increased Ostoeporosis Risk
Before you sip a soft drink, learn the hard facts about soda and its association with osteoporosis. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that about 55 percent of Americans ages 50 and older are at risk for developing osteoporosis.
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