Dallas County Living Well Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 50
WHY BONE HEALTH IS IMPORTANT
By Crys Sory, MD
When you think about staying healthy,
you probably think about making lifestyle changes to prevent conditions
like cancer and heart disease. Keeping your bones healthy to prevent osteoporosis may not be at the top of the
wellness list. But it should be.
Osteoporosis, which means “porous
bone,” is a disease characterized by
low bone mass (bone thinning) that
leads to bones becoming weak and
breaking more easily. Throughout your
lifetime, old bone is removed (a process called resorption) and new bone
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