The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) has selected Houston to launch this important program -- one that will not only improve patient outcomes here, but create best practices for physicians all over the country to incorporate into their practices. NOF recognized Houston’s high quality of existing medical care and our city’s existing focus on healthy aging. From the Mayor’s Pledge for Successful Aging, to the UTHealth Consortium on Aging, and the Huffington Center on Aging, Houston is an ideal launching point for a program that will eventually take place in other cities across the country.

Guest blog post by Artist Carol Brown

I would like to share my story of living with osteoporosis, a condition that causes living bones to become brittle, fragile, and more likely to break.