The body builds most of its peak bone mass by the third decade of life, usually between 20 and 30 years.

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Educational update explains DXA testing, T-scores, fracture-risk factors and questions adults can discuss with ...

Yeah, to me, a hip fracture is the equivalent of a heart attack or a stroke. If people want to prevent heart attack or stroke ...

The hip joint is a well-known point of failure in the human body, especially as we age. It's no wonder the problem is familiar: In the U.S. alone, someone fractures a hip roughly twice every minute; ...

A randomized trial found that alternate-day fasting reduced weight in older men, while added protein and leucine did not ...

’Oh, you have osteopenia in your spine,’ said the nurse monitoring the screen, as the arm of the scanner measuring my bone density made a humming sound. ‘What?’ I retorted loudly. But this result, ...

A small Italian study examined whether women facing heightened bone-loss risks are getting enough calcium from their diets, ...

Good morning.Yesterday, September 22, a research team at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. published a paper in the ...

A six-year Chinese cohort study finds that a higher bioelectrical phase angle, a cheap cellular health measure, is strongly ...

Menopause is going mainstream as social media, celebrities and health experts spark a new era of open conversation.