[What is appropriate in postmenopausal osteoporosis?]

The term of postmenopausal osteoporosis created 1940/1941 by Albright and his coworkers corresponds on our days no more to the original conception, because it is used now in a broader form. The resulting practical consequences, e.g. the postulates of a general medical prophylaxis, induce a new discussion which is adapted to the scientific state of to-day and the real importance.