Anyone who is taking glucocorticoid medications and has other risk factors for osteoporosis at increased risk of getting glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and breaking a bone (fracture). You can change some of these risk factors, but not others. Major risk factors that you cannot change include:
Modem vs. Router. Modems and routers are both involved in connecting your home PCs to the Internet. The modem encodes and decodes data so that it can pass between your home network and your Internet Service Provider (ISP). The router, on the other hand, directs the information collected by the modem to devices within that network. The modem brings the information in, and the router distributes (or âroutesâ) it to different devices like computers and phones.
In order for devices on the network to connect to the Internet, the router must be connected to a modem. Therefore, most routers have a specific Ethernet port that is designed to connect to the Ethernet port of a cable or DSL modem. A modem is a device that provides access to the Internet (see below). The modem connects to your ISP, which typically provides either cable or DSL Internet service.