• Question: What does an osteoporosis mean

    Asked by E205 to Eoin, Fiona, Ivor, Karl, Pattie on 8 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Eoin McEvoy

      Eoin McEvoy answered on 8 Mar 2018:


      Osteoporosis is a disease in bones that happens most often to older people. The bones get weaker so can break more easily. That’s why you might hear that an old woman broke her hip when she fell.

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