For Osteoporosis we have terms and definitions in 35 topics. The topics are Aging, Arthritis, Baby, Beauty, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Chiropractic, Contraception, Female Health, Fitness, Food, Food and Health, Gaucher Disease, HIV and AIDs, Health, Health and Beauty, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Horse Health, Human Reproduction, Huntingtons Disease, Medical, Menopause, Multiple Sclerosis, Naturopathic, Nutrition, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Education, Physical Therapy, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Prostate Cancer, Reproductive Infections, Spine, Shoulder and Pelvis, Weight Loss, Women's Health and Womens Health.

Osteoporosis (Aging)

Condition in which bones gradually lose mass, become thing and break easily. Osteoporosis may affect one in four women over age 60 and nearly half of all people over 75. Studies have shown that osteoporosis appears to be a preventable process throu gh the use of hormone replacement therapy, calcium supplements and vigorous exercise that puts weight one bones.

Osteoporosis (Arthritis)

A condition that develops when bone is no longer replaced as quickly as it is removed.

Osteoporosis (Baby)

disease characterized by a decrease in bone mass, producing fragility in the bones

Osteoporosis (Beauty)

The softening of bone mass and the widening of the bone canals. Arthritis marked by degeneration of the cartilage and bone of the joints.

Osteoporosis (Breast Cancer)

Any disease process resulting in reduction in the mass of bone per unit of volume. A general term used to describe the loss of bone mass that occurs with age in some people.

Osteoporosis (Cancer)

A reduction in the amount of bone, leading to fractures after minimal stress or trauma. Osteoporosis occurs commonly within 15 to 20 years after menopause and is caused by factors associated with menopause, including estrogen deficiency.

Osteoporosis (Chiropractic)

A gradual disintegration of bone. Osteoporosis can have a devastating impact on the joints and vertebrae of your spine. Osteoporosis causes the loss of mass and density in bones, making them highly susceptible to fractures.

Osteoporosis (Contraception)

A condition in which the bones break easily.

Osteoporosis (Female Health)

A weakness of bone sufficient to cause a fragility fracture or very low Bone Mineral Density (lower than a T-Score of –2.5) by Bone Mineral Density. Men and women are both at risk with increasing age—almost 25% of adults over age 50 have had one or more vertebral compression fractures.

Osteoporosis (Fitness)

A decrease in bone density.

Osteoporosis (Food)

Teoporosis is a skeletal disease in which the bones lose mass and density, the pores in bones enlarge, and the bones generally become fragile. teoporosis often is not diagnosed until a fracture occurs, most commonly in the spine, hip or wrist. e tional teoporosis undation estimates that about 1.5 million such fractures occur each year in the ited ates, at an estimated annual cost of $14 billion in 1995.
teoporosis is four times more common in women, whose bones are naturally thinner and less dense, than in men. men start losing bone mass and density at an earlier age, and the process is accelerated by menopause, causing osteoporosis to manifest itself between the ages of 50 and 60. search has shown that in addition to regular exercise, calcium intake during childhood, adolescence and early-adulthood helps build a "bone bank" of calcium stores. ile bone length is established by age 20, bone strength and density continue to develop through age 30.

Osteoporosis (Food and Health)

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which the bones lose mass and density, the pores in bones enlarge, and the bones generally become fragile. Osteoporosis often is not diagnosed until a fracture occurs, most commonly in the spine, hip or wrist. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that about 1.5 million such fractures occur each year in the United States, at an estimated annual cost of $14 billion in 1995.
Osteoporosis is four times more common in women, whose bones are naturally thinner and less dense, than in men. Women start losing bone mass and density at an earlier age, and the process is accelerated by menopause, causing osteoporosis to manifest itself between the ages of 50 and 60. Research has shown that in addition to regular exercise, calcium intake during childhood, adolescence and early-adulthood helps build a "bone bank" of calcium stores. While bone length is established by age 20, bone strength and density continue to develop through age 30.

Osteoporosis (Gaucher Disease)

A reduction in bone mass that causes an increased susceptibility to fractures.
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Osteoporosis (HIV and AIDs)

Loss of bone density due to depletion of calcium and bone PROTEIN.

Osteoporosis (Health)

Disorder in which bones thin and become brittle and more prone to fracture; most common in women after menopause due to estrogen deficiency.

Osteoporosis (Health and Beauty)

The softening of bone mass and the widening of the bone canals. Arthritis marked by degeneration of the cartilage and bone of the joints.

Osteoporosis (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein. Osteoporosis predisposes a person to fractures, which are often slow to heal and heal poorly. It is more common in older adults, particularly post-menopausal women; in patients on steroids; and in those who take steroidal drugs. Unchecked osteoporosis can lead to changes in posture, physical abnormality (particularly the form of hunched back known colloquially as "dowager's hump"), and decreased mobility.

Osteoporosis (Horse Health)

Thinning and weakening of bone.

Osteoporosis (Human Reproduction)

Atrophy of bone caused by demineralization.

Osteoporosis (Huntingtons Disease)

A disease in which the bones are weakened by reduced calcium absorption. Long-term use of glucocorticoids can result in this condition.

Osteoporosis (Medical)

A condition in which bones become less dense, more brittle, and fracture easily

Osteoporosis (Menopause)

A preventable and often treatable disease that thins and weakens your bones, making them fragile and more likely to break. It is sometimes called a "silent disease" because it can occur gradually over many years without your knowledge. Often the very first symptom of osteoporosis is a broken bone, or fracture. Fractures due to osteoporosis usually occur at the hip, spine, or wrist. The vast majority of people with osteoporosis are women. As many as eight million American women have osteoporosis, and another 13 to 17 million have low bone density or bone mass at the pelvis or hip, putting them at risk for developing serious fractures.

Osteoporosis (Multiple Sclerosis)

Decalcification of the bones, which can result from the lack of mobility experienced by wheelchair-bound individuals.

Osteoporosis (Naturopathic)

The softening of bone mass and the widening of the bone canals. This occurs with both age and diminished physical activity. Since women live longer, they are more likely to show such signs. (WARNING! Tirade Ahead!) There is little doubt that the condition is increasing among American women, and is starting to show itself at an earlier age. This is called "improved diagnostic methods" (harumph). The statistics that show the rise to be strongest in women that have used steroid hormone therapies in their earlier years seems to have escaped the notice of current Medical Conventional Wisdom. This states that ALL women need medical care against osteoporosis going into menopause, and the primary treatment is...steroid hormones (this year, at least). I know this may sound smarmy, coming from some long-in-the-tooth hippy male, but I would be far more impressed if SERIOUS attention was given to carefully defining the parameters of a woman's risks. The road of medicine is strewn with four decades of well-intended universal hormone approaches to women's health...embarrassedly forgotten. The idea of universal HRT for a whole generation of menopausal women seems like a frightening experiment in medical fascism and band-wagon hubris. There is no attention given as to WHY our future elders are suddenly stricken with a medical problem. Were birth-control pills, made up of synthetic digestion-proof steroid analogues, a major cause? Has our food become simply inadequate and over-processed? Have the decades of exposure by women to xeno-estrogens that are derived from degraded insecticides had more effect than even those claimed by environmental watch-dog groups, i.e. the rise in breast and prostate cancer, the halving of the sperm count in Caucasian males and the little-dicked alligators reported from Florida? Is the synthetic flavor in that pink bubble gum to blame? Perhaps its the fumes released from the early Barbies? FDS? There must be some reason, but the present medical answer is only HRT and (if politics allow) Jane Fonda tapes.

Osteoporosis (Nutrition)

A disorder in which minerals leach out of the bones, rendering them progressively more porous and fragile. Bones break easily because they are thin, porous, and brittle; A condition characterized by porous (softening or increasingly brittle) bones. Osteoporosis has several related causes, but too little calcium in the diet plays a big part in causing it.

Osteoporosis (Orthopaedic Surgery)

A condition that develops when bone is no longer replaced as quickly as it is removed.

Osteoporosis (Physical Education)

Decreased density and increased porosity of bones.

Osteoporosis (Physical Therapy)

A condition that develops when bone is no longer replaced as quickly as it is removed.

Osteoporosis (Prader-Willi Syndrome)

Demineralization (thinning) of the bones.

Osteoporosis (Prostate Cancer)

A reduction in bone density resulting in a T score of -2.5 or less; a loss of bone due to increased osteoclastic activity leading to bone resorption

Osteoporosis (Reproductive Infections)

Loss of bone mass that frequently is experienced by postmenopausal women and increases the risk of hip and other fractures.

Osteoporosis (Spine, Shoulder and Pelvis)

A condition that develops when bone is no longer replaced as quickly as it is removed.

Osteoporosis (Weight Loss)

A condition more commonly seen in the elderly (women > men) that is characterized by decrease in bone mass (calcium) producing porosity and fragility. Think hip fractures in the elderly

Osteoporosis (Women's Health)

A bone disease that is characterized by progressive loss of bone density and thinning of bone tissue, causing bones to break easily.

Osteoporosis (Womens Health)

A bone disease that is characterized by progressive loss of bone density and thinning of bone tissue, causing bones to break easily.

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