Osteoporosis and osteomalacia should always be distinguished from one another, since they require completely different therapeutic strategies. For this reason, the term that should be used in ...

When you suffer from Vitamin D deficiency, it can lead to bone disorders such as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. It also increases the risk of osteoporosis. Therefore it is ...

“Insufficiency of vitamin D is one of the major causes of osteomalacia (soft bones) and osteoporosis (fragile bones) both here and across the world,” added Dr Mustafa Al Izzi, Head of the ...

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