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Getting fit when you're over 40

The science on fitness and health is clear: exercise and diet contribute to a much healthier aging process. But overcoming the barriers to good health habits and lifestyle are the challenge, best approached systematically and with a clear head as to why it’s important to you.

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Increase Bone Density Naturally

Building strong and healthy bones doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, some people try too hard, and make their bones weaker. This article focuses on 5 simple, effective and free ways to increase your...

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What is Osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes the bones in the body to become weaker and more prone to fractures. Among women, it is much more common, but men are also often affected by this disease. The number...

5 comments    health seniors osteoporosis
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Common Skeletal Disorders - Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease, is a weakening of the bones due to a loss of calcium. It affects approximately 50 percent of women over the age of 50.It is a 'silent disease' that progresses without...

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Denosumab, A New Osteoporosis Mitigation Drug

Denosumab is a monoclonal antibody that prevents the formation of a protien called RANKL in osteoclasts. Osteoclasts are the cells that the body manufactures to break down bone for eventual replacement. Think...

3 comments    women medicine prostate cancer
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Walking: Fitness Exercise Weight Loss Boost Brain Power

The path to physical fitness is littered with good intentions and unmet goals. Shiny new exercise equipment gathers dust. Gym memberships go unused. Home how-to exercise videos remain unplayed. Commitment to...

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Caffeine: What It Is, How it Affects You, and How to Break the Addiction

A morning cup of coffee is a favorite way to wake up for many of us. But what happens when the need for the caffeine it contains gets out of hand? Here's a humorous look at how to break the caffeine addiction.

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Preventing Osteoporosis - When Food Counts

It may be surprising but those who require higher amounts of calcium because of various health conditions may not be absorbing the amount of calcium they are taking. Phytates/phytic acid is a common form...

3 comments    health diet protein
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When the Bone Cracks:Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a systematic,skeletal disease characterised by low bone mass and micro architectural deterioration of bone tissue with a consequent increase in bone fragility.It is a condition characterize...

3 comments    health estrogen osteoporosis
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liquid prenatal vitamins

It is much easier to take liquid prenatal vitamins that having to buy tons of pill bottle individually. They provide an easy way to get the nutrition that is vital to a mother and her developing baby.

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