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Osteoporosis, which afflicts more than half of all women over the age of fifty, is a widespread and all-too-familiar problem. Osteopenia, a milder bone-loss disease that is the forerunner of osteoporosis, is less well known but affects millions of young and middle-aged women including women in their late teens and early twenties. Since many doctors associate low bone density exclusively with postmenopausal women, millions of women in their childbearing years suffer from undetected bone loss, putting them at risk for debilitating fractures down the road. In Reversing Osteopenia, Dr. Harris H. Mcllwain and his two daughters, also rheumatologists, fill the knowledge gap about this easily diagnosable disease, help younger women recognize the risk factors for bone loss, and provide a five-step program for controlling and even preventing bone loss. Their age-specific recommendations for women in their twenties, thirities, forties, and fifties include: Exercises that strengthen rather than threaten your bones; New information about foods that build bone density; Ways to avoid medicines that rob bones of their strength; Recommendations of natural dietary supplements; This ground breaking book offers new hope for young women at risk for osteopenia.Product Identifiers
PublisherHenry Holt & Company INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780805076226
eBay Product ID (ePID)91489797
Product Key Features
Book TitleReversing Osteopenia
AuthorDebra Fulghum Bruce, Harris H. Mcllwan
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMedical Services
Publication Year2004
Dimensions
Item Height235mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDebra Fulghum Bruce, Harris H. Mcllwan
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States