TY - BOOK AU - Gomez, Joan. TI - Living with osteoporosis SN - 0859699609 U1 - 616.716 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Sheldon KW - Osteoporosis KW - Popular works N1 - Previous edition: 2000; Includes index; Your living bones -- How osteoporosis shows itself -- Types of osteoporosis -- Secondary osteoporosis -- The risks -- Finding out : diagnostic tests -- Testment 1: Hormonal -- Treatment 2 : Calcium -- Treatment 3 : Bisphosphonates and recent advances, teriparatide -- Getting over a broken hip and other fractures -- Falls -- Moods and emotinos -- Prevention 1 : Lifestyle and exercise -- Prevention 2 : Nourishing your bones N2 - Whilst osteoporosis affects nearly half of all women over 50 and one in eight men of the same age, it can be treated. This self-help volume presents information that is extremely current, based upon recent advances in diagnosis and treatment ER -