Dear Dr. K: Why do so many people lose height and develop a stooped posture as they get older? Dear Reader: You may be surprised by the answer. In many older people, loss of height and stooped posture ...

March 25, 2010 — When asked by their physician how tall they currently are, postmenopausal women often overestimate their height by an average of 2.4 cm, a new study shows. The study also confirms ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recommends against vertebroplasty for acute compression fractures because of the high complication rate with the procedure. Vertebroplasty involves the use ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

Measuring height loss appears to be an effective tool to identify patients with vertebral fractures, low bone mineral density, and vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study. 1 A lack of height ...

This week we are going to discuss a common condition that is extremely painful and sometimes insidious—the compression fracture of the spine. Patients suffering from osteoporosis, osteopenia and any ...

Columbus, OH - Height loss in an elderly woman is a powerful predictor of osteoporosis at the hip and thus highlights those at an increased risk of hip fracture. Targeting this population with ...

The loss of 2 or more inches in height during adulthood serves as a powerful predictor of osteoporosis in the hip, and thus the risk for hip fractures, in elderly women, according to a new study at ...