Researched by Marianne I
Submitted June 2001

  Websites

Here is a list of web sites and addresses for additional information on Osteoporosis:

• Actonel R at web site http://www.actonel.com



• National Osteoporosis Foundation at website http://www.nof.org
        1232 22nd Street. NW
        Washington, D.C. 20037-1292
        USA



• An osteoporosis support group for men and women under fifty:
  E-mail supgroup@nof.org



• NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center (NIH ORBD-NRC) at website http://www.osteo.org
        1232 22nd Street, N.W.
        Washington, D.C. 20037-1292
        USA
        Tel: (800) 624-BONE or (202) 223-0344
        Fax: (202) 293-2356
        TTY: (202) 466-4315
        E-mail: orbdnrc@nof.org



• Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education (FORE) at website http://www.fore.org
        300 27th Street, Suite 103
        Oakland, CA 94612
        USA
        Tel: 888-266-3015 or 1-510-832-2663



• Die Deutsche Liga der Bone and Joint Decade at website http://www.boneandjointdecade.org
        c/o Professor Dr. W. Puhl
        Reha-Krankenhaus der Uni Ulm
        Oberer Eselsweg 45
        89081 Ulm
        Tel: 07 31/1 77 11 01



• Kuratorium Knochengesundheit e.V. at website http://www.osteoporose.org
        Leipziger Str. 6
        74889 Sinsheim
        Service-Hotline (8 bis 12:30 Uhr: 0 190 0/85 45 25, 49 Pfg./Min.)



• Merck & Co. at web site http://www.bonedensitytest.com

  Books for Additional Information on Osteoporosis

These books can be ordered directly from Amazon.de. Simply click on the Amazon.de logo or image of the book cover (below), and you will be taken directly to the book's page at the Amazon.de site. The page will open in a new browser window. If you put the book into the "shopping basket" and order it right then, AWC will receive a 15% rebate on the price of the book (thank you!).

• Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D. and Sarah Wernick, Ph.D., Strong Women Stay Young, Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-38077-X, Revised Edition, 2000 (DM 33,82 EUR 17,29).



• German version Starke Frauen bleiben jung, Umschau/Braus Verlag, ISBN 3-524-72012-9 (DM 39,80 EUR 20,35).

  Articles

Here is a list of articles for additional information on Osteoporosis:

• Sources, John P. Bilezikian, M.D., Dennis M. Black, Ph.D., Susan L. Greenspan, M.D., Amalia Kelly, M.D., Michael Kleerekoper, M.D., Robert Lindsay, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Marcus, M.D., Neil Resnick, M.D., Size Up Your Bones Now, Prevention Magazine, pp 75-81 and pp 130-138, February 1996.



• Pamela R. Kushner, MD, A Practical Approach to Managing Osteoporosis, Hospital Medicince 34(6): 15-16, 19-20,23-25, 1998. Copyright 1998 Quadrant Health Com. Inc.



• Osteoporosis Report, National Osteoporosis Foundation, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 2000.



• Viel Obst zu wenig Milch, Test Magazine, Stiftung Warentest, Nr. 4, April 2001, p.73.



• Ein Aufbauprogramm und ein Risikotest, Test Magazine, Stiftung Warentest, Nr. 4, April 2001, p. 85.