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Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Eighty percent of people who have osteoporosis are women. A woman's risk of osteoporosis is equal to her combined risk of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer. Half of all women over 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis.

Compressed vertebrae

suzsezok
  • By suzsezok · New reply January 11, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • My 81 year old mother fell two steps down in my home. An MRI showed two compressed verebrae. They vertebroplasty on her spine. This still has had no relief to her back. She has switched from hydrocodone ...

Exercise

Southernlady
  • By Southernlady · New reply January 11, 2008
  • 16 replies
  • Do you know if we can do squatts by holding on to a chair for balance? Exercises for our thighs and hips like standing and holding a chair and move one leg out and then repeat with other leg? Standing ...

OsteoporosisNOF: Download NOF's new brochure Hormones and Healthy Bones @ http://bit.ly/3Yg7tq

OsteoporosisNOF: NOF's CFC information: CFC #:11043; Osteoporosis Foundation, National

OsteoporosisNOF: NOF announces the launch of their Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Visit www.nof.org.

OsteoporosisNOF: Need information on osteoporosis? Visit NOF's Web site at www.nof.org or email request@nof.org. NOF can send you free educational materials.

OsteoporosisNOF: Volunteer to start an NOF support group to help yourself and others with osteoporosis in your community. Call (800) 231-4222 to learn more.

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