Today's Health Topic Osteopenia: When you have weak bones, but not osteoporosis Like their names suggest, osteopenia and osteoporosis are related diseases. Both are varying degrees of bone loss, as measured by bone mineral density, a marker for how strong a bone is and the risk that it might break. If you think of bone mineral density as a slope, normal would be at the top and osteoporosis at the bottom. Osteopenia, which affects about half of Americans over age 50, would fall somewhere in between. Read more »

Exercises for Bone Strength Featured content: • Bone basics • Exercise and bones • Safety first • Designing your program • The workouts •  ... and more! Click here to read more »