Osteoporosis is a silent disease-By Dr Harold Gunatillake Your bones in the body,especially those that are weight bearing such as the spine, and hips should be strong to carry out everyday functions. When you are young, they are strong, engaging in activities such as sports and being active, keeps the bones strong.   Age being a risk factor, leading a less active life, and especially among women when they reach their menopause with low sex hormone, tend to soften their bones being more porous and the density and the quality of the bones weaken and become more fragile due to accelerated bone loss, that occurs after menopause. This condition is called osteoporosis of the bones which is a silent process without early warning symptoms. In the US. there are over 10 million suffering from osteoporosis and another 44 million suffering from low  bone mass called osteopenia, according to ...

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