Mayo Clinic Guide to Preventing & Treating Osteoporosis: Keeping Your Bones Healthy and Strong to Reduce Your Risk of Fracture, Edition 2

Mayo Clinic

Jan 2014 · Rosetta Books

About this ebook

Expert information on preventing brittle bones and staying active and independent.
 
Thanks to advances at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic and elsewhere, osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that contributes to premature aging, can be effectively managed or even avoided. We no longer have to tolerate the pain and disability osteoporosis once caused.
 
That's just the start of the good news you'll find in this newly updated edition of Mayo Clinic Guide to Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis. This book brings you a take-charge approach to preventing, diagnosing, and managing osteoporosis. You'll find detailed guidance to promote better bone health through diet, supplements, exercise, medications and more:
 
· Learn how to reduce your risk of fracture due to falling
· Read about the role of good posture, fitness, balance and coordination
· Discover the good news on the latest advances in medications for osteoporosis
· Learn how to choose the treatment options that are best for you
 
These strategies, together with support from others and the guidance of your personal physician, can offer you the best opportunity to prevent bone loss and continue to live an active, full, and independent life.

About the author

Mayo Clinic first took root in farm fields near Rochester, Minn., in the late 1800s. It grew from the medical practice of a country doctor, William Worrall Mayo, and the partnership of his two sons, William J. and Charles H. Mayo—affectionately known as Dr. Will and Dr. Charlie. The brothers’ innovative ideas and tireless work in learning and creating new surgical techniques attracted international attention. Physicians from around the world came to watch the Mayo brothers perform surgery. The Mayo brothers invited other doctors to join them, forming teams of medical experts. Today, Mayo Clinic—one of the world’s oldest and largest multi-specialty group practices—comprises more than 45,000 physicians, scientists, nurses and other staff at its three locations in Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., and Scottsdale, Ariz., and its regional community-based health care practices.