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• No Bones About It!  Bone Diseases and Who They Can Affect (Part 3 of 6)

  January 27, 2026

  

  Guest author Gwen Hawn, FACS Agent, UGA Extension Hall County Taking care of our bodies is essential to being able to maintain our physical abilities to do the tasks we need and want to do!  Keeping our bones strong and healthy is an important component of our physical wellbeing.  There are several factors that impact…

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• No Bones About It!  Bone Diseases and Who They Can Affect (Part 2 of 6)

  January 9, 2026

  

  Osteopenia is the early loss of bone density.  Osteoporosis is when the bone density has lost even further calcium.  A test known as dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is commonly used to measure a person’s bone density.  The test is painless and non-invasive; you simply lie on a table and follow a technician’s directions. 

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