Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]

(NC)-November is Osteoporosis Month, a good time to get to know your bones. Osteoporosis means “bone” (osteo), “a porous condition” (porosis) and occurs when bone tissue deteriorates. The most common bone fractures are in the hip, spine and wrist. Nearly 1.5 million Canadians have osteoporosis and if you are a woman over 50 your chances [...]

Osteoporosis in and of itself doesn’t cause back pain, but it does make the back hurt because of the deterioration of bone causing fractures of the spinal vertebrae. If you’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis then you’ll need to know what your treatment options are for pain. Read about what osteoporosis is and how you can [...]