Osteoporosis
noun
A medical condition where bones become weak and brittle.
Her doctor diagnosed her with osteoporosis after the bone density test.
Often appears as...
- suffer from osteoporosis
- osteoporosis treatment
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noun
A medical condition where bones become weak and brittle.
Her doctor diagnosed her with osteoporosis after the bone density test.
Often appears as...
- suffer from osteoporosis
- osteoporosis treatment
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Understand it's a specific health problem diagnosed by doctors, often associated with aging.
Many older adults are concerned about developing osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Matter
Osteoporosis can lead to serious complications, like fractures, so it's discussed with gravity.
After her fall, Grandma's osteoporosis led to a broken hip.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Context
Commonly mentioned in discussions about women's health, especially postmenopausal.
Postmenopausal women often have screenings for osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Understand it's a specific health problem diagnosed by doctors, often associated with aging.
Many older adults are concerned about developing osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Matter
Osteoporosis can lead to serious complications, like fractures, so it's discussed with gravity.
After her fall, Grandma's osteoporosis led to a broken hip.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Context
Commonly mentioned in discussions about women's health, especially postmenopausal.
Postmenopausal women often have screenings for osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Understand it's a specific health problem diagnosed by doctors, often associated with aging.
Many older adults are concerned about developing osteoporosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Matter
Osteoporosis can lead to serious complications, like fractures, so it's discussed with gravity.
After her fall, Grandma's osteoporosis led to a broken hip.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Context
Commonly mentioned in discussions about women's health, especially postmenopausal.
Postmenopausal women often have screenings for osteoporosis.
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What really happens to...
hormonal chaos, like puberty, only this time, when estrogen levels stabilize, they'll be much lower than they were before. This very normal decrease in estrogen and other hormonal changes does come with medical concerns, such as osteoporosis, heart disease, diabetes and vaginal dryness.
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What’s the big deal with...
leading to problems like belly pain, bloating, gas, diarrhea, weight loss, skin rash, bone problems like osteoporosis, iron deficiency, small stature, infertility, fatigue and depression. Untreated, celiac disease increases the risk of developing certain types of cancer.
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Could we survive...
human bone and muscle cells won't get these cues, resulting in osteoporosis and muscle atrophy. So, how could we provide an artificial signal for cells to counteract bone and muscle loss? Again, this is speculative, but biochemically engineered microbes inside our bodies
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Why are eating disorders...
from their weight alone. People who weigh what medical professionals might consider a healthy range can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including osteoporosis, anemia, heart damage, and kidney damage.
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Why healthy bones are...
After we reach our peak bone mass, bone removal starts to outpace replacement. This can eventually affect the integrity of the bone and it lowers the bone mass or the amount of bone that we have. The bone disease osteoporosis is an extreme version of this process.
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Noel Bairey Merz: The...
It told us about hormone replacement therapy. It's informed us about osteoporosis. It informed us about breast cancer, colon cancer in women. So a tremendous fund of knowledge despite, again, that so many people told her not to do it, it was too expensive.
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Melissa Marshall: Talk...
Tell us why your science is relevant to us. Don't just tell me that you study trabeculae, but tell me that you study trabeculae, which is the mesh-like structure of our bones because it's important to understanding and treating osteoporosis.
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Bringing science to life...
the doctors did not know for another few years and by that time the tumor which made me over produce human growth hormone had grown bone spurs and brought on osteoporosis so that I had to have a hip replacement and then a year to later
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What yoga does to your...
than other forms of low-impact exercise. Adding yoga to an existing exercise routine can improve strength and flexibility for hard to treat conditions like chronic lower back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis.
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Ivan Oransky: Are we...
We have pre-cancerous lesions, which often don't turn into cancer. And yet, if you take, for example, subclinical osteoporosis, a bone thinning disease, the precondition, otherwise known as osteopenia,
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What really happens to...
hormonal chaos, like puberty, only this time, when estrogen levels stabilize, they'll be much lower than they were before. This very normal decrease in estrogen and other hormonal changes does come with medical concerns, such as osteoporosis, heart disease, diabetes and vaginal dryness.
Video examples
What’s the big deal with...
leading to problems like belly pain, bloating, gas, diarrhea, weight loss, skin rash, bone problems like osteoporosis, iron deficiency, small stature, infertility, fatigue and depression. Untreated, celiac disease increases the risk of developing certain types of cancer.
Video examples
Could we survive...
human bone and muscle cells won't get these cues, resulting in osteoporosis and muscle atrophy. So, how could we provide an artificial signal for cells to counteract bone and muscle loss? Again, this is speculative, but biochemically engineered microbes inside our bodies
Video examples
Why are eating disorders...
from their weight alone. People who weigh what medical professionals might consider a healthy range can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including osteoporosis, anemia, heart damage, and kidney damage.
Video examples
Why healthy bones are...
After we reach our peak bone mass, bone removal starts to outpace replacement. This can eventually affect the integrity of the bone and it lowers the bone mass or the amount of bone that we have. The bone disease osteoporosis is an extreme version of this process.
Video examples
Noel Bairey Merz: The...
It told us about hormone replacement therapy. It's informed us about osteoporosis. It informed us about breast cancer, colon cancer in women. So a tremendous fund of knowledge despite, again, that so many people told her not to do it, it was too expensive.
Video examples
Melissa Marshall: Talk...
Tell us why your science is relevant to us. Don't just tell me that you study trabeculae, but tell me that you study trabeculae, which is the mesh-like structure of our bones because it's important to understanding and treating osteoporosis.
Video examples
Bringing science to life...
the doctors did not know for another few years and by that time the tumor which made me over produce human growth hormone had grown bone spurs and brought on osteoporosis so that I had to have a hip replacement and then a year to later
Video examples
What yoga does to your...
than other forms of low-impact exercise. Adding yoga to an existing exercise routine can improve strength and flexibility for hard to treat conditions like chronic lower back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis.
Video examples
Ivan Oransky: Are we...
We have pre-cancerous lesions, which often don't turn into cancer. And yet, if you take, for example, subclinical osteoporosis, a bone thinning disease, the precondition, otherwise known as osteopenia,
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Margaret Cuomo
American Celebrity
In addition to reducing cancer risk, physical exercise helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions. Physical activity is also a key factor in the prevention of overweight and obesity, both of which increase the risk of several cancers.
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Ike Skelton
American Politician
In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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Raquel Welch
American Actress
I take a multivitamin, I take extra C, I take chondroitin and glucosamine for my joints, I take calcium for my bones. And by the way, weight-bearing exercises can help ward off osteoporosis and yoga helps ward off arthritis.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norwegian Politician
Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
If we go into space, we need enhancements that handle radiation and osteoporosis... or else we're dead. So what seems like an enhancement in one generation becomes life and death in another generation.
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Peter Kay
English Comedian
The truth is my dad was a lovely man who had to retire early from his job as an engineer because he had osteoporosis. It meant he was forced to wear a harness and could hardly breathe.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
British Royalty
The link between young girls, eating disorders and osteoporosis is a ticking time-bomb.
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Fallon Fox
American Athlete
If I don't take estrogen hormone replacement therapy, I can get osteoporosis.
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Gabrielle Union
American Actress
In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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Joan Kirner
Australian Politician
I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse.
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Margaret Cuomo
American Celebrity
In addition to reducing cancer risk, physical exercise helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions. Physical activity is also a key factor in the prevention of overweight and obesity, both of which increase the risk of several cancers.
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Ike Skelton
American Politician
In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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Raquel Welch
American Actress
I take a multivitamin, I take extra C, I take chondroitin and glucosamine for my joints, I take calcium for my bones. And by the way, weight-bearing exercises can help ward off osteoporosis and yoga helps ward off arthritis.
Quote examples
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norwegian Politician
Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases.
Quote examples
George M. Church
American Scientist
If we go into space, we need enhancements that handle radiation and osteoporosis... or else we're dead. So what seems like an enhancement in one generation becomes life and death in another generation.
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Peter Kay
English Comedian
The truth is my dad was a lovely man who had to retire early from his job as an engineer because he had osteoporosis. It meant he was forced to wear a harness and could hardly breathe.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
British Royalty
The link between young girls, eating disorders and osteoporosis is a ticking time-bomb.
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Fallon Fox
American Athlete
If I don't take estrogen hormone replacement therapy, I can get osteoporosis.
Quote examples
Gabrielle Union
American Actress
In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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Joan Kirner
Australian Politician
I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse.
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