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  1. Excess Vitamin a May Increase Risk of Osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic News Network

    You are correct. Studies indicate that excess vitamin A stored in the body may increase the risk of reduced bone mineral density and lead to osteoporosis. For ...

  2. New tools to predict fracture risk - Mayo Clinic

    Osteoporosis is widely understood to be associated with low bone mass. Matthew T. Drake, M.D., Ph.D., an endocrinology consultant at Mayo Clinic's campus in ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Minute Exercise helps prevent bone fractures and falls Video Audio Graphic over older women and men in exercise

    will develop osteoporosis, according to the Centers for ... Robert Wermers, M.D.. Endocrinologist. Mayo Clinic. “Osteoporosis essentially is where you have a lack ...

  4. Women's Wellness: Bone density in women - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Osteoporosis and osteopenia, conditions of low bone mass leading to an increased risk of bone fracture, are extremely common in women, especially after ...

  5. Why improving bone health before complex spine surgery is important - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Osteoporosis is when bones become even more brittle and can break easily. Both problems increase the risk of broken bones and are common among spinal surgery ...

  6. Senescent cells: Promising anti-aging targets for health span extension and the treatment of osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic

    Osteoporosis, which is responsible for 2 million fractures and $19 billion in related costs every year, is characterized by decreased bone formation relative to ...

  7. Targeting Mechanisms of Postmenopausal- and Disease-Related Osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic Research

    Targeting Mechanisms of Postmenopausal- and Disease-Related Osteoporosis. Bone tissue is a dynamic organ, where minor changes in cellular functions cause ...

  8. Mayo Clinic Minute: Osteoporosis is soft bones VIDEO AUDIO Jason Osteoporosis is often called “soft bones.” Bart Clarke, M.D

    The standard screening procedure for osteoporosis is a bone density test. Treatment is a combination of medication, adequate calcium and vitamin D intake, and ...

  9. Mayo Clinic Minute: Improving bone health before spinal surgery

    As people age, bones lose some of their structure. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are both conditions in which bones become less dense and, therefore, ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Who should have a bone density test?

    a medical illustration of normal bone and osteoporotic bone, osteoporosis. For women under 65, bone density tests may be recommended based on risk factors ...