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Silent disease: A little bone care now may pay off big later Osteoporosis robs victims of future mobilityCAPTION: Meg Merriman/Daily Mining GazetteCarol Yowell, a volunteer at Keweenaw Memorial Center, waits while her bone mineral density is measured using the Sahara Clinical Bone Sonometer.

The machine assesses the skeletal status of the heel using ultrasound.

A sound wave travels through the heel and when complete, the machine prints the results.

The DEXA machine, or Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry test, top, scans the hip and lumber spine for signs of weak bone structure.By MEG MERRIMAN, Gazette WriterLAURIUM — It may be affecting you and you wouldn’t even know it.

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