Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have studied a population of women in rural Poland for the past four years to understand how their lifestyle affects their bone density. The ...

Bone loss increases after menopause. However, bone strength also depends on structural characteristics such as bone size. Whether bone size increases as a result of periosteal apposition and whether a ...

Osteoporotic fracture (OF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly and is a significant concern with a rapidly growing aging population. The aging demographic trend alone could ...