World Osteoporosis Day News
World Osteoporosis Day is observed with the intention of increasing global awareness about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.
It is celebrated every year on October 20.
If the reports and data are to be believed, around 10 million Indians including both males and females are affected every year from Osteoporotic fractures.
World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) is marked on October 20 each year.
Do you know that simple yoga stretches can keep your bones healthy?
As women reach menopause their vulnerabilities to osteoporosis go up due to the sudden decrease in levels of oestrogen - a female hormone that protects bones - during this time.
Osteoporosis, which causes bones to become weak and brittle, affects more women because they tend to have thinner bones than men.
As the bones become thinner with age, the older you are, the greater your risk of osteoporosis – a common disease of the bone.
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