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Osteoporosis is a progressive skeletal disease, where the bone becomes weak and porous, and fracture may occur even with minor injury. It is characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD), which is defined as the volumetric density of calcium hydroxyapatite (CaHA) in a biological tissue in terms of g/cm 3. …

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the commonest functional gastrointestinal disorder, and affects about 20% of the world population at some point in their lives. It is a chronic, and sometimes quite a disabling, disorder of the large bowel function. Symptoms include defecation-related abdominal pain, usually associated with diarrhoea or constipation, …