Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center (ORBD-NRC)

The Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center (ORBD-NRC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides patients, health professionals and the public with an important link to resources and information on metabolic bone diseases, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease of the bone, osteogenesis imperfecta and hyperparathyroidism. The National Resource Center is dedicated to increasing the awareness, knowledge and understanding of physicians, health professionals, patients, underserved and at-risk populations (such as Hispanic and Asian women, adolescents and men) and the general public about the prevention, early detection and treatment of osteoporosis and related bone diseases.