Fragile Inheritance

With grandpa's precious sayings, one inherits his fragile hips too. It might sound dubious but is undeniable, scientifically. IN a study that looked at 3,700 grandparents and their grandsons, 270 of grandsons had low bone density. The 270 people were further divided into two groups. While one group was checked to see if their grandmothers had a broken hip ever, the other group was checked for the same in grandfathers. The study found that men whose male relatives have suffered from broken hips had five percent lower bone density and four percent smaller bones than those who did not. These people were more prone to the bone disease osteoporosis which, in turn, increases risk of broken bones and fractures.        

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