Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is known as the silent thief because it drains away bone slowly over many years. This happens at such a gradual rate that often times the patient or their doctor are aware the bones are weakening, that is unfortunately until one of the bones snap. Osteoporosis, which means "porous bones," is a condition of excessive skeletal fragility resulting in bones that break easily.
"Osteoporosis leads to 1.5 million fractures, or breaks, per year, mostly in the hip, spine and wrist, with the cost of treatment estimated at $17 billion and rising, according to the National Institutes of H…