Osteoporosis (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
orthopedics.about.com
Description: Comprehensive information and resources to help understand and treat this common... disorder.Osteoporosis is a condition that causes abnormally thin bone. Osteoporosis may be due to not enough calcium consumption, estrogen deficiency, age, or a combination of these factors. Because the bone is thinner, less dense, and more fragile, patients with osteoporosis are at a higher risk of sustaining a broken bone, or fracture
Specializes in: osteoporosis information bone weakened bones fracture deficiency calcium... intake consumption

Osteoporosis Centre (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
osteoporosis-centre.org
Description: Definitions, illustrations, hip fractures.Osteoporosis what it is, the risk of hip... fracture and who qualifies for diagnostic service rebates
Specializes in: osteoporosis fracture hip pain densitometry postmenopausal bone bones...

Paget Foundation for Pagets Disease of Bone and Related Disorders (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
paget.org
Description: Information and programs for patients and medical professionals on Pagets disease... of bone, primary hyperparathyroidism, fibrous dysplasia, osteopetrosis, breast cancer metastatic to bone, and prostate cancer metastatic to bone.Information for patients and medical professionals for Pagets disease of bone, primary hyperparathyroidism, fibrous dysplasia, osteopetrosis, and skeletal complications of breast and prostate cancer
Specializes in: pagets disease bone primary hyperparathyroidism fibrous dysplasia osteopetrosis breast cancer... metastatic prostate

Healthology Osteoporosis Focus (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
healthology.com
Description: Learn how to prevent and treat this disease. Features webcasts or transcripts and... articles.asdf
Specializes in: osteoporosis calcium bone cancer bone bones bone spurs bone marrow transplant calcium carbonate... bone scan bone marrow

Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
fitbones.org
Description: Comprehensive osteoporosis treatment and prevention information for families and... sufferers of this disorder.Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition
Specializes in: arizona osteoporosis coalition azoc arizona health aging bone health bone disease... density hrt

Osteoporosis Resource Centers (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
osteorec.com
Description: Information on osteoporosis, osteopenia, and other bone diseases, listing of doctors... and osteoporosis treatment centers in the MidAtlantic area.Osteoporosis: education, prevention, treatment, and information on the disease
Specializes in: osteoporosis osteopenia online doctor online medical consultations osteorec prevention treatment bone... disease density

Cancer Surveillance OnLine (Health/Cancer)
dsol-smed.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Description: Gives current statistics for Canada.The following pages of this website will provide... you with the most current cancer statistics in Canada. You will be able to look at trends in cancer incidence by province and territory, by age group, over time, and for about 45 different cancer sites. Both graphs and tables will be displayed and instructions will be available for downloading the information to your personal computer
Specializes in: cancer surveillance online canadian cancer surveillance online all cancers bladder bone... brain nervous

About Fractures (Health/Injuries)
orthopedics.about.com
Description: Comprehensive information about broken bones, and many resources to help understand... and treat this common orthopedic condition.A fracture and a broken bone actually mean the same thing. Common types of fractures or broken bones, as well as basic fracture treatment issues are discussed here. Look through this article for more broken bone information
Specializes in: fractures broken bone stress pathologic hip osteoporosis fixation... cast reduction

CalciumNutritional Health Information (Health/Medications)
naturalways.com
Description: Overview of calcium including its functions, food sources, and effects on the human... body. Calcium absorption is improved by adequate amounts of protein, magnesium, phosphorous, and vitamin D. Conditions that reduce calcium absorption include high intakes of oxalates and phytates, found in foods such as spinach and unleavened whole wheat products. Consumption of alcohol, coffee, sugar, or medications such as diuretics, tetracycline, aluminum containing antacids, or stress can reduce absorption. Lack of exercise and immohility can reduce calcium absorption as well as cause an increase in calcium losses. Calcium deficiency can increase risk of bone disorders such as osteoporosis
Specializes in: calcium bone calcium deficiency calcium absorption hydoxyapatite calcium microcrystalline calcium osteoporosis...

Copper Gifts (Shopping/Crafts)
coppergifts.com
Description: Handcrafted copper cookie cutters, weathervanes, and gift items. Cookie Cutters made... from solid copper available in over 1200 handcrafted shapes, as seen on Food Network
Specializes in: cookie cutter copper cookie cutter heart cookie cutter christmas cookie cutter snowflake cookie cutter dog bone cookie... cutter dog cookie cutter

National Institute of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
osteo.org
Description: Information to health care professionals, patients and the public about metabolic... bone diseases.To provide health professionals, patients and the public with current information on metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis, Pagets disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, and primary hyperparathyroidism
Specializes in: osteoporosis pagets disease osteogenesis imperfecta bone hyperparathyroidism fractures menopause falls... osteopenia fibrous dysplasia

About: Hip Fractures (Health/Injuries)
orthopedics.about.com
Description: Hip fractures are an unfortunate injury most often requires surgical treatment. Learn... about this injury and treatment options.A hip fracture, also called a broken hip, is an unfortunate, but common injury. Hip fractures most often occur in elderly patients and are the result of osteoporosis. A broken hip usually requires surgery for treatment
Specializes in: broken hip information treatment elderly bone osteoporosis injury... pain diagnosis

The Osteoporosis Center (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
endocrineweb.com
Description: Includes discussions on diagnosis, complications, treatments and newest osteoporosis... drugs discussed.Osteoporosis diagnosis, treatments and osteoporosis drugs. Osteoporosis prevention, treatment, calcium, bone density. Calcium supplements, Fosamax, Actonel, Miacalcin and other treatments. Osteoporosis made easy with pictures of fractures, bones, hormones, etc. Osteoporosis support groups and osteoporosis chat rooms are here
Specializes in: osteoporosis osteoporosis treatments calcium treatments of osteoporosis bones bone osteo osteoporotic bones... hormone estrogen

Yahoo! Health Osteoporosis Health Center (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
health.yahoo.com
Description: Information on prevention, bone loss, vitamins, nutrition, exercises and treatments....Find information on osteoporosis prevention, bone loss, vitamins, nutrition, exercises, treatments, men & osteoporosis, HRT, fractures, risk factors, bone density tests and more
Specializes in: osteoporosis bones fosamax hrt evista actonel bone osteomyelitis... joint pain hormone replacement therapy

New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
nmbonecare.com
Description: Special interest in clinical research, osteoporosis care, and bone density testing.... Includes links patient and healthcare information.Special interest in clinical research, osteoporosis care, and bone density testing. We offer consultations for osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
Specializes in: albuquerque new mexico osteoporosis osteopenia lewiecki rudolph metabolic bone disease bone... vertebroplasty kyphoplasty

Oregon Osteoporosis Center, Portland, Oregon (Health/Musculoskeletal_Disorders)
oregonosteoporosis.com
Description: Provides clinical care and evaluation, clinical research activities, and educational... programs, with a primary focus on osteoporosis and related disorders.Providing clinical care and evaluation, research programs, and educational activities for osteoporosis and related disorders
Specializes in: osteoporosis oregon portland portland oregon bone densitometry bone density dxa... mcclung