bone health

Screening for osteoporosis among high-risk populations, including postmenopausal women, is essential. Women found to have low bone density due to osteoporosis or osteopenia (a precursor to osteoporosis) can reduce their risk of future bone fracture with lifestyle changes and drug therapies. The…

Let me give you the bad news with the good: We’re falling down more often on our way to longer lives.

Women who drank up to six glasses of low-fat or fat-free milk a week delayed the effects of arthritis in their knees, a large new study finds. Unfortunately, the same effect was not found in men.

If you need to take a vitamin D supplement, be aware you may be getting far less or far more than the label shows, a new study shows.

Yeah, yeah, we've heard all the prune jokes. Except now we call them dried plums and guess what they can do? They help....your bones!