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Generally associated with women, osteoporosis is a deteriorating disease that can go undetected for decades in both of the sexes. Use your myMDVIP personal web pages to identify and understand your risk factors, test your knowledge about osteoporosis and much more!

Identify and Understand the Risk Factors
Identify and Understand YOUR Risk Factors Most Americans know that osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become thinner and more fragile, and thus more likely to break. What most Americans do not know is that there are 19 risk factors, some you even have control over changing, that contribute to your likelihood of developing osteoporosis.


Risk factors include:

Advanced Age - bones naturally become less dense as humans age; throughout our lives our bodies take out old bone and replace it with new bone however, as we age our bones break down quicker than they can be formed


Log in to your myMDVIP personal web page THEN click on Your Health Highlights on the left side of your screen to read and understand all 19 risk factors.


Learn How to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones
Learn how to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones
The key to not developing osteoporosis is to strengthen your bones and keep them strong. Fortunately, the same things you do to prevent this disease when you are younger are also the same things you can do to deter it from manifesting when you are older.

What are the healthy habits you should adapt to keep yourself and your family protected from osteoporosis?

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Did You Know?
 Did You Know? Log In & Find Out!

You might already know that osteoporosis translates to "porous bone," but what else do you know about osteoporosis? Test your knowledge

Did you know that men over 50 have a greater risk of suffering an osteoporosis - related fracture than developing prostate cancer?
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 80,000 men a year suffer a hip fracture and are nearly twice as likely as women of the same age to die in the first year after breaking a hip.

See what else you know, or do not know about osteoporosis! Log in to your myMDVIP personal web page THEN click on Your Health Highlights on the left side of your screen.


Detecting Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease. Currently an estimated 10 million Americans suffer from it. Something you can start doing immediately to detect osteoporosis is to monitor your height. Any loss in height over one inch is something you should discuss with your MDVIP - affiliated physician.

Detecting Osteoporosis

Of course there is more that you can do to detect osteoporosis besides monitoring your height. To find out what kinds of tests are available, log in to your myMDVIP personal web page THEN click on Your Health Highlights on the left side of your screen.


Get Tips to Catch a Fall Before it Happens

Catch a Fall Before it Happen

Since 9 out of 10 hip fractures in those over the age of 65 are the result of a fall, we have put together a list of tips to help you catch yourself or someone you love.

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