Have you heard of porous or brittle bones? Do you know any person who is elderly and has had fractures frequently?  Well! that can be due to a medical condition of bones, Osteoporosis. Let us know more about the signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors that contribute to it and the treatment approaches.  What is osteoporosis?  Osteoporosis is a bone disorder that makes the bone go porous due to the changes in the structure of the bones. These changes result from the decreased mineral density and decreased bone mass.  When the bones become porous, they are just like hollow things and thus tend to break more easily causing bone fractures. It is commonly seen as we age and in both gender; elder women are more affected. The slightest stress such as bending a little or hard coughing or excessive jerk can cause to break a bone in the body.  Which bones in our body can be affected with osteoporosis?  Osteoporosis can happen in almost any bone of our body. The most...