At some point, usually around the age of 35, women start to lose bone.
And that's good, and we need to do it, but you're still going to lose bone.
Everyone loses bone as they get older, but with osteoporosis it happens more quickly than usual.
If you lose too much bone, your tooth will become loose and may have to be removed.
If you lose weight quickly, you'll lose muscle, bone, and water.
Women often lose bone rapidly after menopause, typically around the age of 50.
While most of the concern about osteoporosis has focused on women, who are the primary victims, men too lose bone with age.
An estimated 28 million Americans have already lost enough bone to be at great risk of suffering a fracture.
After all, a new hip would last only for 15 years, and I'd already lost too much bone.
Those taking the drug also lost bone in the spine, where the control group gained.