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Kathryn Petras
author of: "The Premature Menopause Book" said about the risk of osteoporosis
Our risk for osteoporosis is very high -- more so than those of women who go through menopause at the average age of 51-52. In fact, according to a study of women with premature ovarian failure conducted at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), two thirds of the women had enough bone loss that they might be at risk for a hip fracture, and over seventy seven out of the 89 women they studied had osteopenia, below-normal bone density and the precursor to osteoporosis. And this bone loss occurred rapidly -- often within the first 18 months of being diagnosed. To make matters more worrisome, we reach peak bone mass typically around the age of 35. So if you go through premature menopause -- naturally or surgically -- before age 35, it may mean that your bones never attained their optimum strength.
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Osteoporosis: The Silent Epidemic
by Sue Spataro
It is a silent disease, slowing robbing calcium and other vital minerals from our bones. Osteoporosis reveals itself after the damage has been done. There is no gradual pain or hint that this disease exists.Do you have it?

Health-Byte-of-the-Week:
Do You have Brittle Bones? (Osteoporosis)
Osteoporosis, better known as brittle bones is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States.  It is estimated that over 20 million women in the United States have this painful crippling disease.  It's the number 2 killer of women.

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FAQ: What is DEXA scan?
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The Calcium Cookbook : 200 Recipes That Supply Necessary Calcium-Rich Foods to Prevent Osteoporosis
by Joanne Ness, Genell Subak-Sharpe

Learn how to make calcium work successfully to prevent bone loss in 200 agreeable ways. "The Calcium Cookbook" offers recipes that provide the calcium and other nutrients essential for prolonged well-being, without depending on high-calorie or high-cholesterol foods.

The Osteoporosis Handbook:
Every Woman's Guide to Prevention and Treatment
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by Sydney Lou Bonnick
The Osteoporosis Handbook, which has already helped thousands of people treat and prevent this disease, has now been updated with the most current and up-to-date medical information available. The book includes detailed information on cutting-edge medical treatments, with an entirely new chapter on Fosamax and other biphosphonates. Line illustrations throughout.

Healing Back Pain:
The Mind-Body Connection
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by John E. Sarno, MD

Healing Back Pain promises permanent elimination of back pain without drugs, surgery, or exercise. It should have been titled Understanding TMS Pain, because it discusses one particular cause of back pain--Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)--and isn't really a program for self-treatment, with only five pages of action plan (and many more pages telling why conventional methods don't work). According to John E. Sarno, M.D., TMS is the major cause of pain in the back, neck, shoulders, buttocks, and limbs--and it is caused not by structural abnormalities but by the mind's effort to repress emotions.