Experts warn women that being slim in midlife might seem healthy, but it can raise the risk of brittle bones - so ...

Young adults and adolescents are increasingly developing osteopenia and osteoporosis, once called the bone disease of the elderly. This is mainly due to changing lifestyles, poor nutrition, lack of ...

ALARMING new data from bone scans conducted by Anlene between 2024 and 2025 reveal a silent health crisis among Filipinos. Fifty nine percent or 6 out of 10, of more than 80,000 Filipinos who took ...

While most Indians are micronutrient deficient, there's a growing crisis of fracture risks and poor bone health, linked to lack of vitamin D and iodine in our diet. It wouldn't be an understatement if ...

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Objective The aims of this study were to describe distributions of the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis and identify the potential risk factors by gender in a Chinese rural population. Design ...

Women aged at least 65 years with osteopenia were shown to be less at risk for fragility fracture when treated with zoledronate vs. placebo, according to study results reported at the American Society ...

Osteopenia is the precursor to osteoporosis, a sneaky little sister to the sinister condition that can cause bone fractures, pain and poor quality of life. Around the world, one in three women and one ...