May is “Bone Health and Osteoporosis” month. But why should you care? According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, one out of every two women, and one in four men aged 50 and older will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. Twenty-four percent of hip fracture patients aged 50 and older die in the year following their fracture.
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