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The PARS Osteoporosis Clinic
is a member of the National Osteoporosis Foundation’s
Professional Partners Network ®.
What is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is the most common chronic bone diseases, and
is defined by the National Institute of Health as “a
skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone
strength, predisposing individuals to an increased risk of
fracture.” Osteoporosis is typically symptomless, and many
patients with the disease are not aware of its presence
until a fracture occurs. Currently, it is estimated that 10
million Americans over the age of 50 have Osteoporosis. By
2020, those with the disease, or at high risk of the
disease, will increase to 1 in 2 Americans
(US Department of Health & Human Services, 2004).
Osteoporosis Risk Factors
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Some major factors that could lead to onset of
Osteoporosis are: |
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Your Gender -
While women are at higher risk for Osteoporosis,
men are at risk, too. |
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Your Age - After age 45, any
non-traumatic fracture could be linked to low
bone mass. |
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Tobacco use |
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Low Calcium and Vitamin D intake |
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Sedentary lifestyle |
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Use of medications that contribute to bone loss |
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Eating foods containing high levels of
Calcium and Vitamin D is important for
people of all ages to develop and maintain
healthy bones.
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Osteoporosis: Preventable & Treatable
Osteoporosis is not an inevitable aspect of aging.
Through bone mass measurement testing to evaluate
individual conditions or level of risk for the
disease, individualized evaluation, lifestyle and
nutritional counseling, PARS Osteoporosis Clinic
patients receive guidance designed to prevent or
treat Osteoporosis.
Learn More
Want to learn more about Osteoporosis? The
following are links to websites which can help you
to learn more about the disease, treatments, and
prevention:
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Osteopososis causes weak bones. When your bones are
weakened (low bone mass), you are at a heightened risk of a
fracture. Any bone is at risk of fracture.
The most common Osteoporosis-related fractures are of
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