By Jeevan Jyoti, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of Healthwise Pharmacy

"No bones about it" is believed to have started in England around the 15th century. It described the unpleasant finding of bones in one's soup. Today we used the idiom to describe no hesitation or objection to something.

How can we maintain healthy bones?

Bone mineral density (BMD) is a measure of minerals in our bones and gives an indication of bone thickness or density. The measurement is evaluating mineral composition of the bone including the 2 most common minerals of calcium and phosphorus.