- AAOS: Your Orthopaedic Connection
 - Information about osteoporosis, a disease of progressive bone loss associated with an increased risk of fractures. Includes causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. - About.com: Osteoporosis
- Articles and information about osteoporosis.
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Osteoporosis
- A guide to osteoporosis-related information and resources likely to be of interest to medical professionals and/or patients.
- eMedicineHealth: Osteoporosis
- Consumer health resource centre providing an overview of osteoporosis and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- EndocrineWeb: The Osteoporosis Center
- Patients' resource for osteoporosis treatment including diagnosis, causes, prevention of osteoporosis, and the role of calcium in maintenance of bone strength.
- familydoctor.org: Osteoporosis in Women
- Information for women about osteoporosis and how to keep your bones health and strong, from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
- FDA.gov: Boning Up on Osteoporosis
- Discusses the silent disease of osteoporosis, the condition of excessive skeletal fragility resulting in bones that break easily.
- Is MBD a Sufficient Predictor of Fragility
- Text and graphics from RSNA 1997 poster presentation. Discusses the sufficiency of mean bone density as a predictor of bone fragility in osteoporosis.
- Laboratory of Cell Growth
- Astronauts conduct experiments on STS-76,81 and 84 for PI Millie Hughes-Fulford to find molecular basis for space osteoporosis.
- MayoClinic: Osteoporosis
- Provides information about osteoporosis including possible causes, treatments, prevention, and bone density testing recommendations.
- MedicineNet: Osteoporosis
- Features FAQs and information on prevention, therapy and treatment options, and more.
- MedlinePlus: Osteoporosis
- Basic information and online resources about the condition where the bones grow weak, usually common in older women and men.
- MFP Fluorides for Osteoporosis
- National Osteoporosis Foundation: What is Osteoporosis?
- Osteoporosis is the silent disease that makes bones prone to fracture and is a major public health threat for more than 28 million Americans.
- New England Journal of Medicine: Osteoporosis
- Features articles covering topics such as alendronate, hip fracture, and post-menopausal bone loss. Includes research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorial commentary.
- NIAMS: Fast Facts About Osteoporosis
- Includes information on osteoporosis, including the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. From the National Insititute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
- NIAMS: Osteoporosis Overview
- Facts and figures about osteoporosis, the disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue with an increased risk of fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist. From the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
- Osteoporosis & Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
- Providing health professionals, patients, and the public with current information on metobolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, osteogensis imperfecta, and hyperparathyroidism.
- Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology
- Educational site about osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases from an academic clinical physician-researcher.
- Osteoporosis Awareness
- Learn all about osteoporosis, including symptoms and treatments, awareness, and related resources.
- Osteoporosis in Men
- Offers facts, definitions, and resources.
- Osteoporosis Information
- Provides details on osteoporosis, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Osteoporosis Online
- Presented by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. Provides up-to-date information on the risks, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.
- Osteoporosis Treatment Advice
- Provides in-depth information on the osteoporosis syndrome, and a forum for people to talk about their condition.
- Osteoporosis Treatment Information.com
- Offers information on osteoporosis treatment, cause, calcium medication, and dietary supplements for symptom prevention.
- OsteoporosisCME.org
- Offers free CME/CE on management and treatment. Create slide carousels for download, listen to lectures, view case studies, and watch medical animations.
- Patient Education - Osteoporosis
- Features patient information about the common bone disease which affects both men and women, usually as they grow older. Includes causes, diagnosis, treatment, and how to live with osteoporosis. From the American College of Rheumatology.
- WebMD: Osteoporosis Health Center
- Features symptoms to treatment options, news updates, information to help cope with osteoporosis, as well as exercises to manage the painful condition of the thinning of the bones.
- WegoHealth: Osteoporosis
- Find expert-selected and user-rated osteoporosis resources, articles, and videos on causes and treatments.
- Wikipedia: Osteoporosis
- User-edited article about osteoporosis, a disease in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced.
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