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- 1From:Research Initiative/Treatment Action! (Vol. 20, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA list of osteoporosis risk factors compiled by the National Osteoporosis Foundation is long and detailed, yet it omits two factors confirmed by research and highly prevalent in people with HIV: HCV or HBV infection and...
- 2From:MedSurg Nursing (Vol. 14, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedOsteoporosis has been declared a major public health threat (National Osteoporosis Foundation [NOF], 2001a). An estimated 44 million Americans age 50 and older have either osteoporosis or osteopenia. Women compose...
- 3From:Family Practice News (Vol. 30, Issue 17)Physicians are missing an opportunity to prevent further fractures by failing to evaluate and treat osteoporosis in women who sustain wrist fractures, said Dr. Kevin B. Freedman and his associates at the University of...
- 4From:Aging Health (Vol. 4, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Ankur A Karnik 1 , Joan M von Feldt [[dagger]] 2 Keywords : bisphosphonate; elderly; falls; fracture; osteoporosis Fractures caused by osteoporosis are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in...
- 5From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 37, Issue 2)The National Osteoporosis Foundation has updated its practice guidelines, "Physician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis." To order, contact NOF at 877-868-4520, or visit...
- 6From:Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología (Vol. 58, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedRESUMEN Introducción: la osteoporosis es una enfermedad en la que la pérdida de fortaleza ósea conduce a fracturas por fragilidad. Las fracturas de cadera tienen alta morbilidad y mortalidad, igualmente existen...
- 7From:Massage Therapy Journal (Vol. 46, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWhile people age 50 and older get osteoporosis most often, it can show up at any age. In the United States. 10 million individuals are estimated to already have the disease and almost 34 million more are estimated to...
- 8From:OB GYN News (Vol. 43, Issue 9)Anew fracture-risk assessment tool developed by the World Health Organization is poised to dramatically reduce the number of people experiencing bone fractures as a result of osteoporosis. Adding to the tool's clinical...
- 9From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 35, Issue 9)HONOLULU -- Chronic glucocorticoid users, who are at increased risk of osteoporosis, failed to receive bone mineral density scans or antiresorptive drugs in a study of more than 400 HMO patients. Claims data from a...
- 10From:Medical World News (Vol. 29, Issue 12)Call for Building, Preserving Bone Mass Intensifies Dearborn, Mich.--As there's no safe, effective method of restoring a depleted skeleton, physicians need to expand their efforts to help patients prevent osteoporosis,...
- 11From:Revista CES Odontologia (Vol. 29, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEl esqueleto humano es un conjunto organizado de piezas óseas que conforman y proporcionan soporte estructural al cuerpo. Diferentes funciones han sido descritas: soporte dinámico y mecánico, protección y mantenimiento...
- 12From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 35, Issue 8)HONOLULU -- The anticipated Food and Drug Administration approval of teriparatide offers the intriguing opportunity to begin combining or using drugs sequentially to enhance treatment results in osteoporosis, speakers...
- 13From:Aging Health (Vol. 8, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Richard H Lee [*] 1 , Cathleen Colón-Emeric 2 3 Keywords * bisphosphonates; bone fractures; comorbidity; cost-benefit analysis; epidemiology; frailty; osteoporosis; randomized controlled trials...
- 14From:Pharmaceutical Medicine (Vol. 25, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA new guide to pharmacological treatment in osteoporosis has been developed by the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) Guide Committee, and incorporates the new WHO algorithm, 'FRAX , which calculates 10-year...
- 15From:Consultant (Vol. 41, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT: Although osteoporosis affects primarily postmenopausal white women, it also occurs in men and persons of all age and ethnic groups. Osteoporosis is responsible for many fractures in the elderly; among these,...
- 16From:American Journal of Health Studies (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOsteoporosis is associated with painful fractures that result in both personal and societal costs. Osteoporosis-related fractures lead to decreased mobility and increased morbidity including disfigurement and loss of...
- 17From:The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine (Vol. 27, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedFollowing the release of revised National Osteoporosis Foundation guidelines and of the World Health Organization's fracture risk assessment tool, several pharmacological therapies have become available to help improve...
- 18From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week2017 FEB 4 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Researchers detail new data in Musculoskeletal Diseases and Conditions - Osteoporosis. According to news reporting...
- 19From:Consultant (Vol. 42, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT: The serious consequences of osteoporosis in men are widely underappreciated. Up to 30% of hip fractures and 20% of vertebral fractures occur in men. Mortality associated with hip fractures in men aged 75 years...
- 20From:OB GYN News (Vol. 40, Issue 18)SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- While it's well known that bone mineral density testing should be routine for women over the age of 65, it can be difficult to decide whether to test other patients and difficult to know what to...