Many people don’t know that they have osteoporosis until they sustain a fracture, often after a fall. Across the European Union in 2010, there were an estimated 43,000 deaths causally related to fractures! It is important to note that osteoporotic related fractures do not only affect women: one in five men in the UK over 50 years old break a bone due to low bone strength…. and it is interesting to know that men’s fracture related mortality is higher than women’s.