Living with osteoporosis / Joan Gomez.

By:

Gomez, Joan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Sheldon, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 122 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

0859699609
9780859699600

Subject(s):

Osteoporosis -- Popular works

DDC classification:

616.716 22

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Located at Event Centre	Non Fiction	616.716 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00432382

Previous edition: 2000.

Includes index.

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

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