World Osteoporosis Day – Time for a Check

With World Osteoporosis having taken place on 20th October, the Irish Osteoporosis Society are asking everyone to check to see if they have risk factors for bone loss.

Why prevention of Fractures is common sense as well as economical Worldwide, up to 37 million fragility fractures occur annually in people over 55, the equivalent of 70 fractures per minute. A fragility fracture is a broken bone from a trip and fall that if the persons bones were healthy, the fracture would not have occurred.