Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which new calcium deposits in bone tissue cannot keep up with old bone calcium removal. It plagues over 61 million people in India, with 80% being women. In 2015 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Osteoporosis affects one in three women and one in five men aged over 50 It’s known as a ‘silent disease’ because, so often, it ...

An estimated 10 million Americans aged 50 and older have osteoporosis, a condition that causes bone loss and a higher risk of fractures. Your risk of getting the disease increases as you get older, ...

The primary cause of osteoporosis is a change in the bone’s structure. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when your bone mass decreases, leading to an increased risk of fractures, or broken ...

Low bone density is no longer a disease of the elderly. It is increasingly detected in the young adults, warning of the ...

Around 70% of spine fractures caused by osteoporosis currently go undiagnosed.

Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease in the U.S., leading to increased risk of fractures and a weakening of bone strength and structure. Now, new guidelines on who should be tested could lead ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A large prospective study suggests that a routine creatinine blood test may help flag people at higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures, revealing a narrow “sweet spot” where ...