Osteoporosis
Bone is living tissue, not a lifeless structure, that only supports your muscles and flesh. In fact, bone, like other body tissue, changes throughout a person's life.
Bone tissue is constantly renewed through a process called remodelling in which old bone is removed and replaced by new bone. This remodeling is a natural, ongoing process that takes place in a healthy body — it is Nature's way of seeing that old bone is discarded and replaced with new bone.
Loss in bone occurs because, as we age, new bone is not laid down at the same rate as older bone is lost; the result may be a thinning of the bones, referred to as Osteoporosis. |
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