09/14/2009

Overweight women and OA

ANN ARBOR—Young and middle-aged overweight women with high bone density have an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis during the mid-life, according to a study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Osteoarthritis is a major chronic disease estimated to afflict one in 10 people at age 50 and one in two people at age 75.

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Sep 14, 2009 7:12:43 PM | Osteoarthritis

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