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What is Osteoporosis?

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Have you ever wondered what is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis causes low bone mass, loss of normal bone density, and deterioration of the bone tissue. It is a disease of the skeletal system.
Bones are made up of protein, collagen, and calcium and are normally very dense. Osteoporosis causes bones to become very sponge-like. This deterioration of bone tissue [...]

By the time you are finished reading this you will know something about osteoporosis symptoms.
Osteoporosis is a disease that causes the bones to gradually become thinner and more brittle until they break easily. The fractures most often occur in the hip and spine, but it can occur anywhere there is significant loss of bone mass. [...]

Understanding osteoporosis what is it and how it affects you is something all women should strive for.
Quite often the only symptom of osteoporosis is a fracture. Many of the smaller fractures can go unnoticed until a painful fracture occurs. At that time an x-ray may show that there were several other previous fractures. Some people [...]

You’ve probably heard it a hundred times, but you need exercise and osteoporosis sufferers can benefit from physical activity.
Regular exercise using weights can help children and teenagers to produce and maintain strong health bones. In adults these exercises help to maintain bone mass. After menopause doing these exercises can be part of an overall strategy that [...]

Here is a really simple way to follow an osteoporosis diet.
There is no single cause for osteoporosis, but there are several know factors that can increase the risk of developing osteoporosis. Some of these factors cannot be controlled, but there are many that can be changed. For now there is no known cure for osteoporosis, [...]

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