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- Decreased testosterone levels in men lead to more bone fractures.
- Lifetime risk for osteoporosis in men is 13 - 25%.
- Men are more likely to have frank tears in muscles or tendons involved
in shoulder stabilization.
- Osteoporosis in men is very much more frequent in patients with chronic
lung disease due to treatment with steroids.
- Risk factors for osteoporosis in men include: smoking, decreased levels
of testosterone, excessive intake of alcohol, presence of other diseases
known to affect calcium or bone metabolism, age and steroid use.
- Bones begin to lose mass without regular stimulation from muscles.
- Skeletons monitor themselves daily to support the forces that actually
impact us. (This is why astronauts lose bone.)
 Jewish Hospital Medical Center East Center
for Gender-Specific Medicine program materials are sponsored in
part by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company. For more information,
please call (502) 259-6414.
 Click here to view
the pdf version of the Bone Health for Men poster.
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