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

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    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)

    Illustration of two dissection views of spongy bone to compare normal bone to bone with osteoporosis. The bones are surrounded by assortment of orange, blue and white pills to represent calcium and vitamin D supplements.

    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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