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One-third of women and a fifth of men over 50 will sustain bone fractures caused by osteoporosis. And the bone-thinning condition hits home in a city like Hong Kong, a rapidly ageing society with relatively high life expectancy, and where women live longer and outnumber men by a ratio of 100 to 85.
When I broke a rib for no apparent reason at the not-so-old age of 50, I quickly learned about a disease that is estimated to affect more than 200 million sufferers worldwide: osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is “a condition where bones become weakened, decrease in … density and lose their strength”, says Dr Iris Ngai Sze-ling, the honorary secretary of the Osteoporosis.
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