[1] Introduction

Osteoporosis, or "brittle bone disease", is particularly a problem for post-menopausal women. It amounts to a low bone density. A small number of younger women, and some men, also get varieties of osteoporosis. It is one of those conditions that is likely to become better known as the baby-boomer generation reaches old age.

It is important that you seek professional advice if you have, or suspect that you have, osteoporosis. The information presented here may help you ask the right questions when you seek expert advice, but none of it constitutes any kind of recommendation on my part, which I am not qualified to give you.