With more than 900 beds, the medical center in Chapel Hill comprises N.C. Memorial Hospital, N.C. Childrenâs Hospital, N.C. Neurosciences Hospital and N.C. Womenâs Hospital. N.C. Memorial: First opened in 1952, N.C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill is a public academic medical center operated by and for the people of North Carolina in partnership with the UNC School of Medicine.
Osteoporosis is a condition that has virtually no symptoms until severe bone damage has already occurred. Once the bones have been weakened by bone density loss, symptoms may include: 1  Back pain.2  Loss of height over time with stooped posture. 3  Fractures of the vertebrae, wrists, hips or other bones.ithout treatment, a person with osteoporosis is likely to have fractures, most often in the spine or hips (which support the body's weight) or in the wrists from bracing against a fall. Fractures of the spine can happen even without a fall or an injury. The bones of the spine become so weak that they start to compress.
Bones that are affected by osteoporosis can break (fracture) with relatively minor injury that normally would not cause a bone to fracture. The fracture can be either in the form of cracking (as in a hip fracture) or collapsing (as in a compression fracture of the vertebrae of the spine).steoporosis facts. 1  Osteoporosis is a condition of fragile bone with an increased susceptibility to fracture. 2  Osteoporosis weakens bone and increases risk of bones breaking. 3  Bone mass (bone density) decreases after 35 years of age, and bone loss occurs more rapidly in women after menopause.