This volume contains 19 full chapters and 12 brief chapters on the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. Chapter authors, who work in a variety of medical specialties around the world, discuss bone density measurement; diagnostic techniques such as the DXA technique and MRI; nutritional and drug treatment; physical exercise and rehabilitation for prevention and treatment; fracture risk; secondary osteoporosis; diagnosis and treatment of patients in dentistry; pathogenesis; bone loss in relation to different conditions like stroke; and other topics. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)