Bone is living tissue that is constantly being broken down and replaced. Osteoporosis occurs when the creation of new bone doesn’t keep up with the rate of loss of old bone. Osteoporosis affects men and women of all races. But white and Asian women — especially...
A compression fracture can be a surprising thing, because sometimes you may not even be aware that damage has taken place and, upon an X-ray for a mysterious pain, you discover you have a fractured spine, usually as a result of the pressure that bones put on each...
by Mickie Jacobs Born to be active It is 1964 in Birmingham, England. Picture a young girl of 11 ½. She has just reached puberty; she is about to start secondary school. She is around 157 cms tall (or 5ft 2ins as this is England) and probably around 50 kg or 8 stone....
“I’ve heard about osteoporosis, but thought I didn’t fit the profile. It turns out you don’t have to fit the profile – thin, small boned, Caucasian and heading towards 60. It’s amazing how you can have the symptoms, but something doesn’t “click”. I was...
For over three decades, HIV has been a high topic of discussion. Osteoporosis however, has been around since the dawn of time. In fact, they have found bone remnants of ancient man showing clear signs of loss of bone density – bones well on their way to developing the...
Osteoporosis is probably one of the last diseases we would expect a child to suffer. We are so used to it as a bone thinning disease of older people that when presented with it in a really young person, even babies, there is almost a sense of shock along with the...
