article_snippet.sent: But now a new theory - osteoperosis - might need to be added to the list.
article_snippet.sent: Now the scientific world will be excited by the emerging evidence that bone disease, and a chronic lack of calcium, could instead be to blame.
article_snippet.sent: The most typical signs were osteoporosis, osteofibrosis, osteomalacia, osteolysis, cartilage atrophy and fractures resulting in the formation of false joints, ulcers and friction grooves.'
article_snippet.sent: Often dubbed the 'old person's disease' in humans osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones and makes bones fragile and more likely to break.
article_snippet.sent: humans osteoporosis affects about three million people in the UK and one in 10 receives hospital treatment for fractures from falling down.