Osteoporosis, a disabling condition characterized by lessened bone mass and density that causes bones to be more brittle, affects 10 million Americans. An additional 34 million people with low bone mass are at high risk for the degenerative disease. ...more

December 13, 2008

Hip fractures can be fatal. One in three women will break her hip by the age of 90, and one in four who does so will die within a year, according to a study from the National Osteoporosis Foundation. ...more

September 13, 2008

John Reddingius is standing tall again with help from the Pasco Pediatric Foundation. ...more

May 10, 2008

Regarding "100-Year-Old B-Day Girl Is Reborn Through Fitness" (Metro, Jan. 29): ...more

February 1, 2008

Ida Wasserman started her daily workout Monday just after 11 a.m. ...more

January 29, 2008

The popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia may increase bone thinning, a discovery that could help explain why diabetics can have an increased risk of fractures. ...more

December 3, 2007

LAKE PLACID –– It took a mishap to get Kathy Rouse started, but since age 24, it's been a life-long journey. It began when her doctor suggested an exercise program after she injured her back and put on weight. That's when Rouse lost 30 pounds and never gained it back. "I've always enjoyed exercising," she said."It's the highlight of my day." Rouse moved to Lake Placid 18 years ago and started teaching exercise. She'd moved from Elmira, N.Y., where she had her own aerobics studio for eight years. Now at age 58, Rouse continues her teaching with low-impact walking aerobics classes at 8 a.m. and Pilates at 9 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays she teaches step aerobics at 4:30 p.m. and Pilates at 5:30 p.m. ...more

November 12, 2007

Cuando Shirley Ives escuchó el timbre de la puerta, la viuda de 82 años se levantó de su silla, tomó un picahielo que había escondido en un florero y lo sostuvo por detrás. Vio por la mirilla de puntillas para levantar su cuerpo encogido por la osteoporosis. ...more

October 10, 2007

When Shirley Ives heard the doorbell ring, the 82-year-old widow got up from her chair, took an ice pick she had hidden in a vase of plastic flowers, and held it behind her back. She looked through the peephole, pushing on tiptoes to raise a body shrunken by osteoporosis. ...more

October 10, 2007