Anxiety may raise a woman's risk for weak, fragile bones, a new study suggests for the first time ever. As women pass menopause and age, they begin to lose bone density more rapidly, making the bones more breakable and leading to osteoporosis for some.
The main reason more women develop osteoporosis so much more often than men do is the post-menopausal plunge of estrogen, which in turn decreases bone mass.
This process is inevitable and its extremity is mostly genetic, but a new Italian study found a link between women's anxiety levels and the strength of their bones.
Anxiety disorders and osteoporosis both disproportionately affect women around the world, with 33 percent of women experiencing the former andBut even if it is not treated as a medical condition, common levels of anxiety and stress can have measurable and detrimental effects on the body.
