By
[http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Vikki_Scovell/14558] Vikki Scovell
I want to talk about osteoporosis, a condition which
affects up to 50% of women by older age.
But women are not alone, although it is often thought of as a women's
disease, 1 in 8 men will develop this condition; a 13% chance, and this rate
appears to be increasing; possibly because of greater intake of alcohol and
tobacco. Three million of the seven
million women in the UK over the age of 60 will suffer a fracture due to
osteoporosis, and more women die of complications arising from an osteoporotic
fracture than die of ovarian, uterine and cervical cancer put together. This is clearly an issue that we should
understand more about.
