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Article: Don't Give Osteoporosis an Inch; The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) Underscores Link Between Height Loss, Fractures and Osteoporosis During National Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month.
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- May 1, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- "Are You Losing Height?" This is an important question for many Americans. Height loss of an inch or more may be due to vertebral fractures resulting from osteoporosis. NOF is raising this issue during Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month this May as a reminder that "Osteoporosis is Treatable IF Diagnosed."
An astonishing number of adults who break a bone -- as many as 95 percent -- are being treated without being evaluated for osteoporosis, a debilitating and potentially deadly disease that weakens bones and leaves them likely to break under even a slight strain. Osteoporosis and low bone mass affect 44 ...