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Osteoporosis affects 200 million people, but early detection and treatment can ensure a healthy, active life, writes Michelle McDonagh

WHEN THE original Bond girl, Ursula Andress, was told she had osteoporosis, she thought there must have been some mistake. Like most people, she associated the bone-weakening disease with frail, hunched, elderly women.