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Unlike the static human skeletons that commonly hang in biology classrooms, your bones are continually being broken down and rebuilt.…
By Bart Clarke, M.D., Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother was diagnosed with osteoporosis when she was…
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The spine is, arguably, the most important structure in the human body. It is an extension of the brain, a…
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Dr. Pauline Camacho, director of the Loyola University Health System Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease Center, encourages patients to approach…
It’s all too easy to take our bones for granted. Day to day, they feel so strong and permanent, but…
