Bone Thinning | Word Bone Thinning at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

OSTEOPOROSIS–This condition is commonly referred to as adult bone-thinning.
Early research is also showing that walnuts may offer some protection against the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
It's not well-known, but osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease that causes fractures in older people, affects men as well as women.
Since estrogen helps protects bones, losing it speeds bone-thinning, particularly in the spine and hips, which are especially vulnerable to fractures.

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