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Collagen is the ‘glue’ that holds everything together.

Collagen is the ‘glue’ that holds everything together.

Osteoporosis is a silent disease affecting one in two women and one in four men over the age of 50 in Ireland, although all age groups can be affected.

Writer Joshua Ferris, who reads at Cúirt this Saturday, has been variously described as "one of America’s sharpest observers of 21st century life" (Daily Express), a "Virgil of the disaffected" (LA Times) and "a gifted satirist very much in touch with the fear and paranoia that undercuts US society" (The Irish Times).

Staff and alumni of NUI Galway are getting behind a campaign to encourage people to consider donating bone marrow. The campaign is inspired by the story of Paul Giblin, an engineering graduate and champion rower for the University, who is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Alveolar bone makes up the part of your jaw that surrounds each of your teeth. The connective tissue, collagen, periodontal ligaments and alveolar bone together hold each tooth in place so you can chew your food without fear of loosening or losing teeth. Nutrients from your diet affect both your alveolar bone and your teeth, and consuming specific nutrients can help maintain the heath of these tissues.

The Irish Osteoporosis Society will hold a public lecture on osteoporosis in Clifden later this month. The organisation aims to reduce the incidence of osteoporosis by raising awareness of the symptoms and risk factors of this preventable disease.

People can learn how to prevent brittle bone disease at a health and wellbeing evening at the Claregalway Hotel tonight (Thursday) at 8pm.