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A health professor at New York University, Shiela Strauss, said that the mouth is the window of health. Through oral conditions, we can not only detect the risk of various chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, but also osteoporosis.

Hugh Devlin, a dental health expert at Manchester University, is even pioneering a technology: Osteodent. It is a series of tools designed to detect the risk of osteoporosis, just by looking at the scans of dental history for several years. (more…)

Osteoporosis is a bone disorder that leads to a risk of bone fracture or broken bones. Characterized by reduced bone mineral density that can lead to cracking due to trivial trauma. This usually appears without signs before striking.

Osteoporosis can occur due to various factors. Despite aging, bone loss can also attack due to genetic factors, early menopause, and inadequate calcium intake in the body. (more…)

The risk of osteoporosis does increase with age. After the age of 30, bone density is reduced or experience thinning. Substance in the bone will dissolve in the body.

So overall, you will lose bone strength each year. This will further increased when the age reaches 45 years old.

In women, thinning is triggered by the fewer hormone estrogen produced. While in men, it is because of decreased testosterone. (more…)

Facial wrinkles is one of the main enemy for women. Fine lines are more obvious as the age increases, is considered one of the most damaging thing of beauty.

The scientists warn that the wrinkles on the face not just marks the age. Wrinkles on the face also suggests that the bones are getting more fragile. Possibility of osteoporosis increases. (more…)

The benefits of tea has been more often associated with the content of antioxidants in it that can inhibit cancer and aging process. But drinking tea on a regular basis also provides other benefits, one of which it to prevent bone loss.

A recent study in Taiwan proved that i women who often drinks tea are less often affected by osteoporosis. The research conducted by experts from Cheng Kung University, was published in the Taiwan Journal of Family Medicine. (more…)