Gwyneth Paltrow is known for her commitment to wellness. But in 2010, the Oscar-winning actress revealed a surprising health diagnosis at just 37—osteopenia. This condition leads to lower-than-normal ...

Bone health is essential for muscle strength, movement, and balance. As you age, the risk of osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to become weak and fragile, increases. Bone density is a ...

Like the rest of you, your bones need more attention as the years pass. Some 10 million Americans over age 50 have the weak and brittle bones of osteoporosis—and an additional 44 million have ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Colored x-ray of the pelvic region shows a fractured femur (red) caused by a fall. A lack of clinical trials and limited pharmaceutical options mean that management of this complication poses ...

Dear Savvy Senior: Can a person in their early 50s have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter the doctor said I might have osteoporosis. — Surprised Susan Dear Susan: While ...

This is a sidebar to an investigation on the growing use of QCT to screen for osteoporosis. Which test should the doctor and patient believe? This journalist can corroborate concerns about the ...

Too little milk, sunshine and exercise: It is an anti-bone trifecta. And for some children, shockingly, it is leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century. But cases of full-blown ...

Worried about osteoporosis? Here are the tests, moves, meds, and foods you need to know about. By Hallie Levine Like the rest ...