| Everyone hears their grandparents, parents or someone they know talk about having osteoporosis. But what is it? Osteoporosis is a loss of bone density causing a thinning of the bone. Density of bone is what we call the structure of bone making it strong. The less dense the bone, | the weaker it gets. This is not a disease of the very elder population only. It mostly affects women over the age of 50. Last time I checked, 50 does not count as elderly! It is estimated that HALF of women over the age 50 will have hip, wrist or spine fracture in their lifetime. | Researchers estimate that 1 in 5 American women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis. Men can also have osteoporosis, but this usually occurs after 70. |
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