BONE OF CONTENTION?
Dec 22, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS: SUSIE DEBICE.
ACCORDING TO THE NHS, three million people in the UK are thought to have osteoporosis, a condition commonly associated with post-menopausal women.
Your bone tissue is constantly being changed and reformed and this bone renewal process involves two types of cells: osteoclasts, which clear out old, brittle bone, and osteoblasts, which form new bone material. As you get older, this bone renewal process becomes less efficient and bones become thin, brittle and fragile. But how does the menopause increase the risk
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