Osteoporosis

Latest News
• Supplement Does Not Slow Bone Loss, Study Shows (03/20/2001, Reuters)
• Osteoporosis Supplement Doesn't Prevent Bone Loss in Study (03/20/2001, Associated Press)
• Osteoporosis Drugs May Treat Parasitic Infections (03/08/2001, Reuters)
• Researchers Seek Women with Premature Ovarian Failure for Testosterone Replacement Study (02/26/2001, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• More News on Osteoporosis

From the National Institutes of Health
• Building a Better Mousetrap: Toward an Understanding of Osteoporosis (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
• Osteoporosis Overview (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Osteoporosis: The Silent Bone Thinner (National Institute on Aging)

General/Overviews

• Boning Up on Osteoporosis (Food and Drug Administration)
• Osteoporosis (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Osteoporosis - Easy to Read (National Women's Health Information Center) - Easy-To-Read
• What is Osteoporosis? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Bone Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Osteoporosis (National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical Trials: Osteoporosis (CenterWatch, Inc.) - industry-sponsored clinical trials
• Researchers Seek Women with Premature Ovarian Failure for Testosterone Replacement Study (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Bone Mass Measurement (National Osteoporosis Foundation)
• Osteoporosis Tests (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Warning Signs of Osteoporosis (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

Prevention/Screening

• Are You at Risk? Take the Millennium One-Minute Risk Test for Men and Women (International Osteoporosis Foundation) - links to PDF file
• Avoiding Osteoporosis (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)
• Bone Builders: Support Your Bones with Healthy Habits (Food and Drug Administration)
• Bone Density Scan (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Calcium Supplements (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Exercise and Osteoporosis: Staying Active Safely (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Height Loss: When To Be Concerned (Mayo Clinic)
• Low-dose Estrogen Spares Bones, Enhances Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Osteoporosis Prevention Starts Early (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

Rehabilitation

• Exercise for Osteoporosis (McGraw-Hill Companies)

Research

• Low Dose Estrogen Improves Bone Health with Fewer Side Effects in Older Women (National Institute on Aging)
• Osteoporosis: Progress and Promise (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Statins and Osteoporosis (Mayo Clinic)
• Weightlessness, Bed Rest and Immobilization: Factors Contributing to Bone Loss (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Alcohol and Bone Health (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Asthma and Bone Health (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Fact Sheet: Osteoporosis (American College of Rheumatology)
• I'm Diabetic, Will I Get Osteoporosis? (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)
• Impact of Vertebral Fractures (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Issues: Osteoporosis (Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation)
• Osteopenia & Osteoporosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Pregnancy, Lactation and Bone Health (National Osteoporosis Foundation)
• Topics in Osteoporosis: Oral Manifestations of Bone Loss (National Institutes of Health)
• Two New ICD-9 Codes Effective October 1, 2000 (National Osteoporosis Foundation)

Treatment

• Medications & Osteoporosis (National Osteoporosis Foundation)
• Osteoporosis and Raloxifene (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Journals/Newsletters

• News (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)

Lists of Print Publications

• Osteoporosis (National Library of Medicine)

Organizations

• International Osteoporosis Foundation
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• National Osteoporosis Foundation

Statistics

• Fast Facts on Osteoporosis (National Institutes of Health)

Children

• Juvenile Osteoporosis (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)

Men

• Osteoporosis in Men (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)

Seniors

• Bones Become More Fragile As You Age (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Predicting Fractures in Patients With Osteoporosis (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)
• Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Hip Fracture Risk (Novartis Foundation for Gerontology)

Women

• Asian American Women and Osteoporosis (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Latino Women and Osteoporosis (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Osteoporosis and African-American Women (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Topics in Osteoporosis: Peak Bone Mass in Women (National Institutes of Health)

Español/Spanish

• ¿Tiene Sus Huesos Sanos? (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)