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Halifax Regional Hosp Rehab
Distance: 29.5 Mi2204 Wilborn Ave
24592 South Boston -
Michael J. Diminick, MD
Distance: 57.6 Mi2405 Atherholt Road
24501 Lynchburg -
OrthoVirginia Christiansburg
Distance: 66.2 Mi125 Akers Farm Rd, Suite C/D
24073 Christiansburg -
OrthoVirginia Forest
Distance: 115.0 Mi14521 Forest Rd
24551 Forest -
OrthoVirginia Bluefield
Distance: 112.0 Mi111 Sanders Ln, Suite E
24605 Bluefield
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Description
The need for early diagnosis... Osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become thin, fragile and susceptible to fracture, affects 25 million Americans, predominantly women (as many as 1 out of 2 women after menopause), robbing many of them of their independence and dignity. You cannot feel the bone loss that occurs in the years after menopause. You bones may be weakening long before you or your doctor can tell by routine examination. Few women know that a quick and painless bone density test can detect bone loss associated with osteoporosis early, before it causes fractures. What causes osteoporosis... Osteoporosis is caused by an imbalance in the body