MedlinePlus: Bone Diseases
Your bones help you move, give you shape and support your body. They are living tissues that rebuild constantly throughout your life. During childhood and your teens, your body adds new bone faster than it removes old bone. After about age 20, you can lose bone faster than you make bone.
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MedlinePlus: Paget's Disease of Bone
Paget's disease of bone causes your bones to grow larger and weaker than normal. They also might break easily. The disease can lead to other health problems, too, such as arthritis and hearing loss. You can have Paget's disease in any bone, but it is most common in the spine, pelvis, skull and legs.
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AMNews: Aug. 15, 2005. Gender counts in muscle, bone care, studies say ... American Medical News
Medical researchers are finding musculoskeletal differences between men and women that may change clinical practice.
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Bone Structure - Should You Have a Bone Density Test ....
steoporosis is a bone disease in which bones become weak, and even a simple fall or bump can cause a bone to break. The most common bones to break or fracture are those of the spine, hip, and wrist. It is called a Òsilent diseaseÓ because you cannot feel or see your bones becoming weaker.
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Muscle Development and Physiology Program
Amanda Boyce Ph.D. Program Director Muscle Biology and Physiology Program Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases NIAMS, NIH, DHHS One Democracy Plaza 6701 Democracy Blvd. Ste. 800 Bethesda, MD 20892-4872 Email: boycea@mail.nih.gov
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Pain and Paget's Disease of Bone
Bone pain: Small breaks called microfractures can occur in pagetic bone. These breaks can cause pain, especially in weight-bearing bone such as the spine, pelvis, or leg.
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