Osteoporosis

5.18.23

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Debunking Osteoporosis Myths

UMass Memorial Health is debunking myths about osteoporosis. Unlike mammograms and colonoscopies, osteoporosis and bone density tests don’t get as much airtime or visibility. As a result, we’ve heard myths about the disease and screenings, and we want to set the record straight.

1.4.23

| Care and Conditions, Prevention and Wellness

Bone Density Scans – Why They Should Be a Priority

What is bone density testing? Why should you ask your doctor about getting one? This easy scan is important for health and quality of life. Bone density scans are the "gold standard" or most accurate test to diagnose osteoporosis, a decrease in bone mass and quality making bones more prone to fracturing. Fractures can lead to hospitalization, rehabilitation and poorer quality of life.

4.29.22

| Care and Conditions, Prevention and Wellness

4 Ways to Better Bone Health

Most of us don't think much about our bone health until we reach middle age when osteoporosis is commonly known to set in. In reality, we need to think about the wellness of our all-important internal scaffolding decades earlier. The reason? Our bone health is in part determined by what we do much, much earlier in life.

6.17.21

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Osteoporosis: Evaluate Your Risk

Are you at risk for osteoporosis, a disease that causes thinning of bones? Over time, this weakens the bones and can make them more likely to break. It can affect any bone, but the hip, spine, and wrist are most often involved. It's often called a "silent disease" because people can't feel their bones getting weaker.

8.3.16

| Prevention and Wellness

Soaking Up Some Vitamin D

With summer in full effect, it should be easier to get some sun exposure to help boost your intake of vitamin D, aka the "Sunshine Vitamin." But have you ever wondered if you're getting too little? And what's the best way to get it?

6.16.14

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5 Steps to Help Avoid Osteoporosis

Once women reach menopause, their risk for osteoporosis increases as bone loss accelerates and bones weaken. In fact, most of the calcium that went into building strong bones was added by the time you turned 17.

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Osteoporosis

Debunking Osteoporosis Myths

Bone Density Scans – Why They Should Be a Priority

4 Ways to Better Bone Health

Osteoporosis: Evaluate Your Risk

Soaking Up Some Vitamin D

5 Steps to Help Avoid Osteoporosis