About one in five American women 50 and older have osteoporosis, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data showed. In cross-sectional survey data from 2017-2018, 19.6% of this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Without intervention, osteoporotic bones simply deteriorate and grow increasingly more brittle with age.Photograph: BSIP/Universal ...

In the new study, alcohol appeared to matter. Women with higher lifetime alcohol consumption showed stronger negative ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A new study links osteoporosis in postmenopausal women to a 47% higher risk of death.Experts ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The USPSTF recommends five tools for assessing osteoporosis risk among postmenopausal women. Three tools were ...

Low bone mineral density (BMD) may be predictive of who develops dementia, researchers reported. In a study of community-dwelling older adults, every one standard deviation lower BMD at the femoral ...

Osteoporosis, which is highly prevalent in postmenopausal women, has long been associated with an increased risk of fractures ...

Eating a Mediterranean-type diet could reduce bone loss in people with osteoporosis -- according to new research. New findings show that sticking to a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, nuts, unrefined ...

A study of the Mediterranean diet showed it had some beneficial effect on bone health for people with osteoporosis, but had no effect otherwise. A study of the Mediterranean diet showed it had some ...

Oxytocin, produced by the hypothalamus and sometimes known as the "love hormone" for its involvement in pair bonding and orgasm, can be a strong ally in the control and prevention of osteoporosis, ...