Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones become less dense, making them more fragile and easier to fracture and break. Osteoporosis is a particular concern for women because women are more likely than men to have osteoporosis are. There are two reasons for this:

1. Women never build as much bone mass as men do during development.
2. Women lose bone mass when they experience a drop in estrogen levels during menopause. Estrogen slows the loss of bone mass by improving our absorption of calcium from the intestinal tract.

Although osteoporosis is most common in women who have gone through menopause, many conditions, treatments, and diseases may result in osteoporosis as one of the side effe
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