Better Bones News Today

Lives will be saved if the bone disease is spotted early.

UK lags behind Romania for vital bone scanners to detect osteoporosis. The UK has one of the lowest in Europe scanners per head of population in Europe .

Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup was born in Norway and grew up in Ireland but now calls London home.

Mariella Frostrup has blasted the Government for failing to end the postcode lottery for treatment of osteoporosis.

The Chancellors failure to provide life-saving additional funding for people with osteoporosis is a callous, heartless betrayal of patients, say campaigners.

EXCLUSIVE: Broken promises in the Autumn Statement will ‘blight the lives of tens of thousands of people with fragile bones, the Royal Osteoporosis Society has warned.

MP Wera Hobhouse said: The fact that a postcode lottery, in the south-west and beyond, determines whether people can have life-saving medication shows why urgent action from the Government is needed.

In the Indian population, the age of onset of this degenerative bone disease is a few years earlier than in the western population

MOVING less is linked to a rise in hip fractures which is set to cost the NHS an extra £75million a year, experts have revealed.

Investing in osteoporosis care and prevention now will help people live well and save millions of pounds in the future, say a health body which is revolutionising treatment.