What’s the best way to keep your bones healthy? For women, who have to manage menopause and are at high risk for developing osteoporosis, the answer isn’t necessarily simple. Because 1 in 2 women will be diagnosed with osteoporosis, our ...

Written by Karen Giblin -Founder and President, Red Hot Mamas Osteoporosis is a silent and progressive disease which causes your bones to become weak and brittle increasing their risk of fracture.  The most common bones that break are in the ...

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Written by Dr. Brent Wells- Guest Contributor As you age, your body starts to exhibit different ailments and issues that you may not have had to deal with previously. Just like with anything that gets used, wear and tear on ...

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 ...

Contributed by Annie Liztan- Guest Contributor Most women do not look forward to menopause. Known for its variety of unpleasant side effects, menopause is a milestone for many women that is marked by difficult changes and symptoms that can be ...

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 ...

By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM A task force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has released guidelines on the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy in patients ...

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 ...