Tips to Prevent Falls During Winter Months
These eight tips can help you to maintain your balance and move confidently across snowy, icy, or wet surfaces: Wear shoes with good traction. Dress
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These eight tips can help you to maintain your balance and move confidently across snowy, icy, or wet surfaces: Wear shoes with good traction. Dress
There are definite benefits to osteoporosis medicines. People who take osteoporosis medicines, regularly and correctly, reduce their risk of having a fracture by about one-third.
A true epidemic of vitamin D deficiency exists among this nation’s children. The American Academy of Pediatrics studied almost 10,000 young people ages 1-21 from
You are never too young or old to improve your foot health. Take them for a walk and do regular flexibility and resistance exercises. Exercise
Good bone health habits are entirely up to you. Follow the golden bone health rules. Bone Health Rule # 1: Adequate calcium and vitamin D
The first step in getting your arms around the issue of falls is to get a picture of the problem. As you can see from
Consuming milk and milk products like yogurt and cheese are especially important for children and young adults age 9–14. During these years, children are building
Here are some bone-healthy goals that are easy to incorporate into your daily routine. Eat 2-3 servings of dairy or calcium-rich food each day. The average adult
Certain medications can increase fall risk Many older adults (aged 65 and older) take medications for sleep disorders, anxiety, high blood pressure, or chronic pain.
A nutraceutical, a term combining the words ‘nutrition’ and ‘pharmaceutical’, is a food or food product that is purported to provide health and medical benefits,
The American Bone Health Fracture Risk Calculator™ estimates fracture risk for women and men over age 45.
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