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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/having-a-mother-with-osteoporosis-can-lead-to-increased-risk-for-spinal-fra/">Having a Mother with Osteoporosis can Lead to Increased Risk for Spinal Fracture</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 17, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">(ARA) - Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures. Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to fracture). During the past 30 years, Fondren has experienced a hip fracture, spinal fractures and has a hunched back that may have been caused by multiple spinal fractures. Fondren, who lives with her daughter, has difficulty walking, cannot bend and finds her clothes don’t fit well because of her hunched back. Two years ago, Turner seemed to be heading toward the same fate as her mother when she suffered from back pain. Turner saw her doctor and discovered she had a…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/having-a-mother-with-osteoporosis-can-lead-to-increased-risk-for-spinal-fra/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/having-a-mother-with-osteoporosis-can-lead-to-increased-risk-for-spinal-fra/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/having-a-mother-with-osteoporosis-can-lead-to-increased-risk-for-spinal-fra/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/having-a-mother-with-osteoporosis-can-lead-to-increased-risk-for-spinal-fra/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/injury-rehab/">injury-rehab</a><br /><br /> </P>