What is osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a disease that thins and weakens your bones to the point that they become fragile and break easily.² About 10 million people in the United States have osteoporosis. About 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men age 50 or older will fracture a bone due to osteoporosis.³

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