Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) in women as a bone mineral density 2. 5 standard deviations below peak bone mass ( 20-year-old sex-matched healthy person average ) as measured by DEXA ; the term " established osteoporosis " includes the presence of a fragility fracture.

Osteoporosis is most common in women after the menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may develop in men and premenopausal women in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of smoking and medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid-or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis ( SIOP or GIOP ).

Osteoporosis can be prevented with lifestyle advice and medication, and preventing falls in people with known or suspected osteoporosis is an established way to prevent fractures.

Osteoporosis (" porous bones ", from Greek: οστούν / ostoun meaning " bone " and πόρος / poros meaning " pore ") is a disease of bones that leads to an increased risk of fracture.

Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) as a bone mineral density that is 2. 5 standard deviations or more below the mean peak bone mass ( average of young, healthy adults ) as measured by DXA ; the term " established osteoporosis " includes the presence of a fragility fracture.

Osteoporosis is a component of the frailty syndrome.

Osteoporosis itself has no symptoms ; its main consequence is the increased risk of bone fractures.

Osteoporosis is diagnosed when the bone mineral density is less than or equal to 2. 5 standard deviations below that of a young adult reference population.

Osteoporosis is also an issue in Cushing's syndrome since osteoblast activity is inhibited.

Osteoporosis is a disease of bone, which leads to an increased risk of fracture.

Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) in women as a bone mineral density 2. 5 standard deviations below peak bone mass ( 20-year-old sex-matched healthy person average ) as measured by DXA ; the term " established osteoporosis " includes the presence of a fragility fracture.

Osteoporosis is most common in women after the menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may develop in men and premenopausal women in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of smoking and medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is craned steroid-or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis ( SIOP or GIOP ).

Osteoporosis can be prevented with lifestyle advice and medication, and preventing falls in people with known or suspected osteoporosis is an established way to prevent fractures.

She suffers from osteoporosis and is the ambassador of the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

Osteoporosis is the most common cause of pathological fracture.

She is Panama's Patron for Fosemo ( Osteoporosis Foundation ), and Sponsor of the Osteoporosis and Metabolic Disease Foundation of Panama.

* Osteoporosis, a degenerative disease of the bones

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* International Osteoporosis Foundation, a global alliance of organizations concerned with osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease

He has suffered six bone fractures as a direct result of Osteoporosis, and featured on an awareness ad on Channel 7.

Horwood has recently been made a patron of the National Osteoporosis Society, because of his efforts in raising awareness of osteoporosis and bone health.

As of 2008, recommendations from the National Osteoporosis Foundation ( NOF ) are based on risk assessments from the World Health Organization ( WHO ) Fracture Risk Assessment Tool ( FRAX ).

Osteoporosis can be treated with bisphosphonates and various other medical treatments.

Other educational organizations that focus on one or more endocrine-related conditions include the American Diabetes Association, National Osteoporosis Foundation, Human Growth Foundation, American Menopause Foundation, Inc., and Thyroid Foundation of America.

Osteoporosis risks can be reduced with lifestyle changes and sometimes medication ; in people with osteoporosis, treatment may involve both.

The Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Instrument ( ORAI ) may be the most sensitive.

; Osteoporosis: Local osteoporosis occurs in RA around inflamed joints.

* Osteoporosis can be minimized by smoking cessation, adequate vitamin D intake and regular weight-bearing exercise.

Osteoporosis can also be prevented with having a good source of calcium and vitamin D. Osteoporosis can be treated with bisphosphonates and various other medical treatments.

Perhaps the most illuminating example of the reduction of fear through understanding is derived from our increased knowledge of the nature of disease.

In any event, whether society may have cancer, or merely a virus infection, the `` disease '', we shall find, is political, economical, social, and even medical.

If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??

And when the child dies in Lawrence's story in a delirium that is somehow brought on by his mania to win and to make his mother rich, the manifest absurdity of such a disease and such a death does not enter into our thoughts at all.

The electric gadget is most helpful when there are many crowned teeth and in individuals who are elderly, bedfast with a chronic disease, or are handicapped by disorders such as cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy.

The total adverse impact of disease, insects, fire, weather, destructive animals, and other forces on the uses and values of forest resources is not generally recognized.

In the 10-year period, it is proposed that insect and disease control on the National Forest System be stepped up to a level of prevention, detection, and control of insect and disease infestations that will substantially reduce the occurrence of large infestations toward the end of the initial period.

It is the exploitation of the inherent potential of infectious disease agents by scientific research and development, resulting in the production of BW weapons systems.

Even some of the queens will die before the winter is over, falling prey to enemies or disease.

He is confronted with the recurrent crises, such as great natural catastrophes and the great transitions of life -- marriage, incurable disease, widowhood, old age, the certainty of death.

With meat, milk, butter and ice cream, the calorie-heavy U.S. diet is 40% fat, and most of that is saturated fat -- the insidious kind, says Dr. Keys, that increases blood cholesterol, damages arteries, and leads to coronary disease.

In West Africa, for example, where meat is a luxury and babies must be weaned early to make room at the breast for later arrivals, a childhood menace is kwashiorkor, or `` Red Johnny '', a growth-stunting protein deficiency ( signs: reddish hair, bloated belly ) that kills more than half its victims, leaves the rest prey for parasites and lingering tropical disease.

What concerns him much more is the relationship of diet to the nation's No. 1 killer: coronary artery disease, which accounts for more than half of all heart fatalities and kills 500,000 Americans a year -- twice the toll from all varieties of cancer, five times the deaths from automobile accidents.

" But, " nostalgia is not a fatal disease.

In the Iliad, Apollo is the healer under the gods, but he is also the bringer of disease and death with his arrows, similar to the function of the terrible Vedic god of disease Rudra.

It is part of the field of biomechatronics, the science of using mechanical devices with human muscle, skeleton, and nervous systems to assist or enhance motor control lost by trauma, disease, or defect.

In third grade, Warhol had chorea, the nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever and causes skin pigmentation blotchiness.

The demyelination of axons is what causes the multitude of neurological symptoms found in the disease Multiple Sclerosis.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis ( ADEM ) is an immune mediated disease of the brain.