DEAR DR. ROACH: Are bone density tests recommended for older men? I will be turning 78 this year. -- P.R.

The reduced risk for hip fracture associated with osteoporosis treatment did not differ between men vs women. Osteoporosis treatment demonstrates similar efficacy for preventing hip fracture among men ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “There is abundant evidence that men are not adequately screened for osteoporosis, and those with osteoporosis ...

Listen, men, this is important, important to your current and future health and perhaps your life. Osteoporosis is not just a woman s disease Men get it too, albeit some years later in life than most ...

Although osteoporosis, the bone-weakening disease, strikes more women, men are not immune. Estimates suggest about 6% of men ages 65 and older have osteoporosis, and about one in five will break a ...

Worldwide, it is estimated that one in five men over the age of 50 years will experience an osteoporotic fracture in their remaining lifetime, and the number of hip fractures in men is expected to ...

Q: I recently had a fracture of one of my vertebrae. Afterwards the doctors told me it was because of osteoporosis. Many years ago my father died shortly breaking his hip. Could this have been ...

Men older than 50 years of age should be regularly assessed for osteoporosis risk factors, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP). “Osteoporosis is not just a ...

Osteoporosis is largely preventable, yet many women ignore bone health until it's too late. Dr. Mary Claire Haver shares key ...

CHICAGO — Visceral or deep belly fat might be a risk factor for bone loss and decreased bone strength in men, according to a study presented here at the Radiological Society of North America 98th ...