Postmenopausal women have little awareness of osteoporotic fracture risk and poor understanding that a fragility fracture may be indicative of osteoporosis and that it increases future fracture risk.
Findings do not support routine vitamin D and calcium supplementation in community-dwelling older adults for lowering the incidence of osteoporosis-related fractures.
The USPSTF has updated its recommendations on osteoporosis screening and testing in women and men.
Researchers used FRAX scores to examine the association of mental disorders and related medication use with osteoporotic fracture risk in clinical practice.
Premature birth has been associated with a number of adverse health conditions.
The CDC found that 24.8% of women and 5.6% of men aged 65 years and older had osteoporosis.
It took nearly nine years for 3% of the older women without osteoporosis to sustain a spinal fracture or break a hip, wrist, or arm.
Patients with sleep apnea were found to be 2.7 times more likely to develop osteoporosis.
A fragility fracture is defined as a fracture resulting from a fall from a standing height or less.
Are dual-energy x ray absorptiometry scans safe for patients taking anti-seizure medication?
