Osteoporosis

Vitamin D Calcium Bones

Older adults are advised to take calcium and vitamin D to prevent bone breaks. But it might not matter

Drinking tea instead of coffee may be better for your bones

Tea Bone Health

Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here's how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy

Osteoporosis Prevention

Health screenings can be life-saving tools, but many men foolishly avoid them

Prostate Cancer Screening

Osteoporosis prevention should begin as a young adult, experts say

Bone Health Osteoporosis

Cardiac CT exams can double as an osteoporosis test, researchers say

CT scan osteoporosis test

Poor air quality could be damaging to bone health, study finds

Osteoporosis elderly

Vitamin D isn't better when taken at higher doses, new study says

Vitamin D high dose unhealthy

Here are the recommended health screenings for women in their 50s

FDA approves bone-building osteoporosis treatment geared toward high-risk women

Evenity Osteoporosis Amgen 04102019

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IBX Sunshine Award

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Workout Exercise Exhaustion

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CHOP Measles exposure

Infants in CHOP's neonatal intensive care unit may have been exposed to measles

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Cancer Research Report

U.S. cancer deaths are down, but early-onset diagnoses keep rising

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