But there is some good news, too. In the future, diagnosing brittle bones could be as simple as looking someone in the face.
Osteoporosis causes dramatic thinning of the bone, resulting in weak, brittle bones that can easily be broken.
But now scientists have warned women with wrinklier skin are more likely to have brittle bones.
brittle bones; glass is brittle; `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal.
Bone mass decreases because of the loss of estrogen and this can lead to brittle bones.
Two glasses a day of tomato juice containing 15mg of lycopene could be enough to strengthen brittle bones, the journal Osteoporosis International reported.
Those who don’t die suffer serious health effects such as heart and kidney problems, depression, epilepsy, anemia and brittle bones.