Helpful Resources

• The US Surgeon General has published a companion piece to his official report on bone health and osteoporosis – it is called the “People’s Piece.” This magazine is written for a lay audience, with useful information on how to improve bone health. To order a free copy of the People’s Piece, The 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What It Means To You, call toll free 1-866-718-BONE or visit www.surgeongeneral.gov

• Call the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ public service telephone number 1-800-824-BONES (2663) and ask about “Prevent Injuries America! ®”

• “Boning Up on Osteoporosis,” US Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov/fdac/features/796_bone.html

• National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases – The National Resource Center provides timely information for health professionals, patients and the public on osteoporosis, Paget’s disease of bone, osteogenesis imperfecta, and other metabolic bone diseases – www.osteo.org

• Geisinger Health System – www.geisinger.org/osteo

• International Osteoporosis Foundation: www.osteofound.org

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases www.niams.nih.gov

• Osteoporosis, American College of Physicians:
  www.acponline.org/cgi-bin/htsearch

• The National Bone Health Campaign: “Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones,” targeted at 9- to 12-year-old girls and their parents, this campaign uses Web sites and other activities to promote nutritional choices and physical activities that benefit bone health. www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/index_content.html

• Online osteoporosis risk assessments (these should not replace a visit to or the advice of a health care provider)
• The International Osteoporosis Foundation’s One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test www.osteofound.org/osteoporosis/risk_test.html
• What’s Your Osteoporosis Risk? (Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention)
  www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/
  hccpquiz.pl?func=start&quiz=osteoporosis