

Links . Resources . References
Fast Facts from the National Osteoporosis Foundation
http://www.nof.org/osteoporosis/diseasefacts.htm
Osteoporosis Overview from the National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related
Bone Diseases – National Resource Center
http://www.niams.nih.gov/bone/hi/overview.htm
What is osteoporosis? Fast Facts: An Easy-to-Read Series of Publications for the Public
from the National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases – National
Resource Center
http://www.niams.nih.gov/bone/hi/FF_osteoporosis.pdf
Medications to Prevent and Treat Osteoporosis from the National Institutes of Health
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases – National Resource Center
http://www.niams.nih.gov/bone/hi/osteoporosis_medicine.pdf
The 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis:
What It Means to You
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/bonehealth/docs/OsteoBrochure1mar05.pdf
The 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis
(Link to the full report)
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/bonehealth/content.html
Medline Plus - National Library of Medicine: Osteoporosis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/osteoporosis.html
American College of Rheumatology: Osteoporosis
http://www.rheumatology.org/public/factsheets/osteopor_new.asp
The Low-Down on Osteoporosis: What We Know and What We Don’t by Bobbi Bennett
(2003) [An article from the NIH Word on Health Consumer Health Information Based on
Research from the National Institutes of Health]
http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/dec2003/osteo.htm
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Barclay, L., & Vega, C. (2006). Regular cola intake may reduce bone mineral density in
women. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/545863
Bennett, B. (2003). The low-down on osteoporosis: what we know and what we don’t.
Word on Health. Retrieved from the National Institutes of Health Web site:
http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/dec2003/osteo.htm
Delaney, M.F. (2006). Strategies for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis during
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