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1. Bone Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   August 29, 2023 - After about age 20, you can lose bone faster than you make bone. … To have strong bones when you are young, and to prevent bone loss when you are older, you need to get … Bone diseases can make bones easy to break. … Different kinds of bone problems include Low bone density and osteoporosis , which make your bones … of bone makes them weak Bones can also develop cancer and infections Other bone diseases,

2. Bone Density | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   April 23, 2019 - Density Description Strong bones are important for your health. … A bone mineral density (BMD) test is the best way to measure your bone health. … It can show Whether you have osteoporosis , a disease that makes your bones weak Your risk for … breaking bones Whether your osteoporosis treatment is working Low bone mass that is not low enough … If you have low bone mass, there are things you can do to help slow down bone loss.

3. Osteoporosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   February 19, 2025 - Osteoporosis Description Osteoporosis is a disease that thins and weakens the bones … Your bones become fragile and break easily, especially the bones in the hip, spine, and wrist. … You might not know you have it until you break a bone. … A bone mineral density test is the best way to check your bone health. … To keep bones strong, eat a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D , exercise, and do not smoke.

4. Bone Marrow Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   August 29, 2023 - Marrow Diseases Description Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such … as your hip and thigh bones. … bone marrow doesn't make red blood cells In myeloproliferative disorders, the bone marrow makes too … Tests for bone marrow diseases include blood and bone marrow tests. … They might involve medicines, blood transfusions or a bone marrow transplant .

5. Rickets | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   Z Health Topics Rickets Description Rickets causes soft, weak bones … It usually occurs when they do not get enough vitamin D , which helps growing bones absorb the minerals … Symptoms include bone pain or tenderness, impaired growth, and deformities of the bones and teeth.

6. Osteogenesis Imperfecta | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   Osteogenesis Imperfecta Description Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder in which bones … Sometimes the bones break for no known reason. … When these genes don't work, it affects how you make collagen, a protein that helps make bones strong

7. Bone Marrow Transplantation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   Marrow Transplantation Description Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of your bones … , such as your hip and thigh bones. … A bone marrow transplant is a procedure that replaces a person's faulty bone marrow stem cells. … This destroys the faulty stem cells in your bone marrow. … In some cases, you can donate your own bone marrow stem cells in advance.

8. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   May 18, 2011 - Calcium in bones absorbs x-rays the most, so bones look white. … The most familiar use of x-rays is checking for broken bones, but x-rays are also used in other ways. … 14, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone

9. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases (pdf file)
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   August 10, 2022 - location, whether they are osteolytic, osteoblastic, or mixed), the mechanical stability of the affected bones … Palliation of bone metastases-exploring options beyond radiotherapy. … The role of radiation therapy in bone metastases management. … A Further Analysis of the Dutch Bone Metastasis Study. … KQ1: ("bone metastases"[Title/Abstract] OR "bone neoplasms/radiotherapy"[MeSH Terms]) AND ("external

10. Osteoporosis-Bone-Fracture Executive (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2012 - mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with consequent increases in bone fragility … maintenance of bone health. … When serum calcium levels are inadequate, bone tissue is resorbed from the skeleton to maintain serum … strength include bone mineral density and bone quality; some aspects of bone quality that might affect … J Bone Miner Res. 2003;18(6):1125-8. 13.

11. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 29, 2016 - Calcium in bones absorbs x-rays the most, so bones look white. … The most familiar use of x-rays is checking for broken bones, but x-rays are also used in other ways. … Systematic Review Archived March 28, 2012 Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone

12. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 29, 2016 - Calcium in bones absorbs x-rays the most, so bones look white. … The most familiar use of x-rays is checking for broken bones, but x-rays are also used in other ways. … Systematic Review Archived March 28, 2012 Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone

13. Gaucher Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    October 05, 2011 - This causes too much of a fatty substance to build up in your spleen, liver, lungs, bones and, sometimes … There are three types: Type 1, the most common form, causes liver and spleen enlargement, bone pain … and broken bones, and, sometimes, lung and kidney problems.

14. Tendinitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Tendinitis Description Tendons are flexible bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones … They help your muscles move your bones. Tendinitis is the severe swelling of a tendon.

15. Multiple Myeloma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 19, 2012 - In time, myeloma cells collect in the bone marrow and in the solid parts of bones. … Common symptoms may include Bone pain, often in the back or ribs Broken bones Weakness or fatigue … thirsty Frequent urination Doctors diagnose multiple myeloma using lab tests, imaging tests, and a bone

16. Calcium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 15, 2014 - The body stores more than 99 percent of its calcium in the bones and teeth to help make and keep them … include Dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt Leafy, green vegetables Fish with soft bones … Systematic Review Archived March 28, 2012 Treatment To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone … 14, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone

17. Dislocations | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Dislocations Description Dislocations are joint injuries that force the ends of your bones … It might include manipulations to reposition your bones, medicine, a splint or sling, and rehabilitation

18. Marfan Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Connective tissues are proteins that support skin, bones, blood vessels, and other organs. … They may also have problems with their bones, eyes, skin, nervous system, and lungs.

19. Osteoarthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 14, 2023 - Cartilage is the slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in a joint. … When you lose cartilage, your bones rub together.

20. Technical Brief: Whole Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - mass and deterioration of bone tissue. 1 Osteoporosis is a significant public health problem that leads … tissue, directly activating mechanosensors in bone cells.33 Animal studies demonstrated that vibration … increases the anabolic (bone building) activity of bone tissue and increases bone density. 24,34-36 … Vibration exercise makes your muscles and bones stronger: fact or fiction? … The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalized by brief exposure to extremely