 - Bones begin to lose mass without regular stimulation from muscles.
- Skeletons monitor themselves daily to support the forces that actually
impact us. (This is why astronauts lose bone.)
- Osteoblasts (bone-building cells) in women are more affected by aging
they are less active and fewer in number than in men of the same age.
- The greatest risk factor for women getting osteoporosis is menopause.
- Women can lose 30% of their bone mass in the 10 years following menopause.
Osteoporosis is a silent disease.
- Bone mass in females is at its peak and levels off at approximately
age 26.
- Vertebral bones are most dense during adolescence.
- Women are more susceptible to repetitive stress injuries.
- Women are more likely to have inflammation of muscle tendons associated
with rotator cuff injuries.
 Jewish Hospital Medical Center East Center
for Gender-Specific Medicine program materials are sponsored in
part by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company. For more information,
please call (502) 259-6414.
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view the pdf version of the Bone Health for Women poster.
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