osteoporosis
osteoporosis
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by Graeme Lanham - 2006-12-07
Osteoporosis is caused when bones become less dense, lose strength and break more easily due to calcium loss. It can occur at any age but is most common after 60 when one in two women and one in three...
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by John C. Kelly - 2006-12-12
You can look better, feel better, and be more energetic through strength training. Proper exercise can add years to your life and, just as importantly, it can improve the quality of your life. Those...
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by John C. Kelly - 2006-12-12
Wearing glasses, hearing aids and dying one's hair are effective methods of reversing the effects of aging, but the most effective thing we can do to reverse the aging process is to do regular strengt...
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by Ajay R (articlesubmit.net) - 2006-12-20
We have been told that fluoride is effective at preventing tooth decay, but this is not proven. Dental research suggests that fluoridated water does not work because the rate of dental decay is no di...
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by Lynda Lippin - 2006-12-23
II. Definition of OsteoporosisBasically, osteoporosis means porous bones. In the Greek it translates as "passages through bones." (This makes perfect sense if you look at the images of osteoporotic bo...
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by Lynda Lippin - 2006-12-23
III. Prevention and Treatment of OsteoporosisAll sources are in agreement that getting enough calcium, magnesium, and Vitamin D combined with proper exercise is necessary to prevent osteoporosis. Even...
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by Lynda Lippin - 2006-12-23
IV. Dos and Don'tsMaintenance of bone density is accomplished by long term routine loading on our bones, which will revert to pre-training density when exercise is discontinued. To best maintain what ...
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by Rudy Silva - 2006-12-28
If your doctor says your bone density is degenerating or that you have osteoporosis, what can you do? Most likely your doctor will want to put you on drugs. Since most drugs have real nasty side effec...
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by Michael Saros - 2007-01-04
Since osteoporosis and osteoarthritis are two major causes of back and body pain, it is helpful to be familiar with different management and prevention techniques.Osteoporosis is a major health threat...
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by Nancy Ayash - 2007-01-04
How wonderful the skeleton. It protects our organs, supports our weight, enables us to move about, and contributes to the delicate cellular balance within our system. We only know the skeleton in a ...
