Stories about Osteoporosis
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.Related stories
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Aging in Maine
Healthy, clear to the bone
By Carol Higgins Taylor, Eastern Area Agency on Aging on Feb. 07, 2011, at 4:54 p.m.
When beginning a journey on the path to good health, the typical roadblocks to be avoided are heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes. However, osteoporosis, the disease that leaves bones thin, weak and more prone to fracture, is also a serious condition that bears attention. Bones reach peak ...
RSVP Bone Builders program seeks volunteers
Volunteers age 55 and older are being sought to become lay leaders for RSVP Bone Builders, a free osteoporosis exercise and education program that has sites in Hancock, Penobscot and Washington counties, reports Paula Burnett. Burnett is RSVP program director for the University of Maine Center on Aging in Orono. ...
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