Osteoporosis is a silent disease with no outward symptoms until a bone breaks. The word osteoporosis means “porous bones,” which are bones that have weakened structure and have lost some of their ...

This bone loss is known as osteoporosis — literally, porous bones. The precursor to osteoporosis is osteopenia, a condition in which bones are weakened. If you’re 50 or older, you probably ...

But without proper care, these bones become weak, which leads to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis, which means ‘porous bones’, is a disease that thins and weakens your bones, making them fragile and ...

However, in later teens and early adulthood, they may be at an increased risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis (porous bones). Research used in a 2022 study suggested that as many as 70% of adults ...

When a fracture occurs, the body initiates a cascade of processes, starting with the formation of softer porous bone mineralisation, which is then vascularised, hardened and remodelled over time.