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In Canada, about one out of four women and one out of eight men over 50 years of age have osteoporosis. This disease can have a devastating effect on people's lives, causing painful fractures, disability or deformity.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
The mission of the Osteoporosis Society of Canada is to educate, empower and support individuals and communities in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
Source: Osteoporosis Society of Canada
Osteoarthritis, the most common chronic joint condition in the elderly, is a degenerative disorder of synovial joints characterized by focal loss of articular cartilage. It is also known by many other names: degenerative joint disease, hypertrophic arthritis, traumatic arthritis and osteoarthrosis.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Osteoporosis is a silent, bone-depleting disease. More than 1 million Canadians are affected by osteoporosis, according to current estimates. About 1 in 4 women over age 50 will be affected by this disease, as well as 1 in 8 men.
Source: Women's Health Matters
Arthritis ('arth' meaning joint, 'itis' meaning inflammation) isn't a one-note story or even a few variations on a single theme; it actually consists of more than 100 different conditions. These can be anything from relatively mild forms of tendinitis (as in 'tennis elbow') and bursitis to crippling systemic forms, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Source: The Arthritis Society
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Source: Canada Health Portal
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