In osteoporosis your bones are thin and brittle, and can break more easily. Find out what causes osteoporosis and how to prevent it.
Seniors Health
Osteoporosis treatment options
Osteoporosis treatment choices (including medicines and lifestyle measures) are based on your age, sex, general health, the severity of your osteoporosis and the likelihood of you breaking a bone.
Symptoms and causes of Cataracts
A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens in the eye, which interferes with vision. Cataracts are common in older people and can be treated with cataract surgery.
Parkinson’s disease: Q and A
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disease of the nervous system that causes disturbances in initiating, controlling and co-ordinating movement. The symptoms gradually get worse over time.
Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy describes a group of inherited diseases in which the muscles that control movement become progressively weaker and waste away, causing symptoms such as difficulty walking.
Myotonic dystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy is the most common adult form of muscular dystrophy. Myotonic dystrophy is caused by a defective gene.
Paget’s disease of bone
Paget’s disease of bone is characterised by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair.
Denial of dementia symptoms delays diagnosis
People in the early stages of dementia are living in denial and putting off seeing their doctor, for fear of a diagnosis.
Muscular dystrophies of latter onset
Muscular dystrophies (MD) of latter onset include Limb-girdle MD, congenital MD, ophthalmoplegic MD and distal MD.
Myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic muscle disease that produces weakness and abnormally rapid fatigue of the voluntary muscles.
