Comments on: Osteoporosis Update

By: Age Of Menopause

Age Of Menopause — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:23:52 +0000

Does Heart Grow Older With Age?…

Your age does not determine how young or old your heart really is. A heart of a 40-year-old person may have the vitality of a 30-year-old while a much younger person’s heart could behave as one twice the chronological age of the person. Sound unbeliev…

By: Juno888

Juno888 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:11:59 +0000

It’s a little discouraging to those of us over 30 to realize there’s no way we can put on more bone mass, so I think it’s great that they get the word out to girls.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:35:52 +0000

Actually, I don’t remember now.

Yes, it is scary. I’m pretty high risk for osteoporosis - I’m very petite and very lactose intolerant. When I was younger there was no lactose free milk, no orange juice with calcium, etc. So I got virtually no calcium and since I wasn’t exactly real coordinated I didn’t do a lot of weight bearing exercise either. I’m doing my best now - I just need to learn how to not injure myself when exercising!

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Susan Kuchinskas

Susan Kuchinskas — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:10:25 +0000

I’m a little unclear on these stats: Are more people actually falling and dying than there used to be, or have other causes of death gone down, thereby elevating the ranking of falling?

It’s a little discouraging to those of us over 30 to realize there’s no way we can put on more bone mass, so I think it’s great that they get the word out to girls.