Prevention
Methods to prevent osteoporosis include changes of lifestyle. However, medications can be used for prevention, as well. As a different concept, osteoporosis ortheses help to prevent spine fractures and support the building up of muscles. Fall prevention can help prevent osteoporosis complications. There is some evidence for hip protectors specifically among those who are in care homes.
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“... if this world were anything near what it should be there would be no more need of a Book Week than there would be a of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)