Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health

The Surgeon General of the United States issued a report in 2004 on bone health and osteoporosis, citing the need for improved prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. For the full report, go here.

Some helpful fact sheets from the Surgeon General are linked below in PDF format.

• What is bone disease?
• Myths and realities of bone health
• Tips to improve bone health
• How can health professionals improve bone health?

Bone sites

The following list of sites contain information on bone health and bone research. Pages will open in a new window.

• The ASBMR bone curriculum
• NIH National Resource Center for Osteoporosis and Bone Related Diseases
• Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.
• U.S. Center for Disease Control
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• Milk Matters
• Bone Net

Biomechanics websites

• University of California Berkeley- Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory
• Boise State University- Center for Orthopaedic & Biomechanics Research
• Boston University- Orthopaedic & Developmental Biomechanics
• Columbia University- Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
• Columbia University- Bone Bioengineering
• Cornell University
• Johns Hopkins
• Mayo Clinic- Biomechanics & Motion Analysis
• Michigan State University- Orthopaedic Biomechanics
• University of Michigan- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
• Ohio State University- Biodynamics
• Oregon State University- Biomechanics
• Rice University- Computational Biomechanics
• UC San Francisco- Orthopaedic Bioengineering

A far more comprehensive list can be found at the biomechanics world wide site.

Andrew Karduna has compiled a list of biomechanics course materials on the web.

Biomechanics and Bioengineering Societies

• The Orthopaedic Research Society
• The American Society of Biomechanics
• The American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
• The European Society of Biomechanics
• The Biomedical Engineering Society