The International Osteoporosis Foundation: Fractures Due to Osteoporosis Threaten Seniors’ Independence

– It’s invisible, and it’s dangerous. Osteoporosis, which causes bones to become weak and fragile, only reveals itself when a bone breaks. (Photo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/582529/Osteoporosis.jpg ) In older adults that first ‘fragility fracture’ is often a broken wrist, or sudden back pain due to undetected vertebral fractures.


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