Bone Health in The Balance

Passage through puberty usually signals a halt in bone growth. But bone tissue in adults is not dormant—our bones are continuously being remodeled through repeated cycles of destruction and rebuilding. By some estimates, this remodeling process is so extensive that it completely regenerates the adult skeleton every 10 years. [*][1] Remodeling most likely serves a repair function, especially in bones subjected to mechanical stress. In healthy...