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Is it the same way that it affects us? >> not exactly. with women menopause hits, your estrogen level goes down. osteoporosis, by the way, comes from the greek meaning osteobone and prossies holes, holes in the bone. your bone density is going down because estrogen usually helps to you keep it up. thats why women are affected precipitously after the age of 50. with men, also occurs in men, very important to bring that out. with men its 60 to 75, it starts to equalize, so we cant think about it a...

In their lifetime. dr. siegel, i want to start with you because i want to find out how does it affect men? is it the same way that it affects us? >> not exactly. with women menopause hits, your estrogen level goes down. osteoporosis, by the way, comes from the greek meaning osteo, bone and porosis, holes, holes in the bone. your bone density is going down because estrogen usually helps you to keep it up. thats why women are affected precipitously after the age of 50. with men, also occurs in men...