CEN || Osteoporosis & Bone Disorders

Hot flashes linked to increased hip fracture risk

Posted on: 30/12/2014 - 12:49

Hot flashes are associated with a significant increase in the risk of hip fracture, regardless of age, body mass index, and other confounders such as smoking, according to analysis of data from the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Osteoporosis medication use down in older women

Posted on: 10/12/2014 - 22:27

Even as the number of women aged 50 years and older continues to rise, the percentage who are taking osteoporosis medications has fallen by one-third since 2004-2005, the Agency for Healthcare...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Vitamin D landscape marked by lack of consensus

Posted on: 08/12/2014 - 21:14

If you’re stumped about what to tell patients who ask you if they should be adding supplemental vitamin D to their diet, you’re not alone. Speaker after speaker at a public conference on vitamin D...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Repeat BMD screening not helpful for women under 65

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 22:15

Postmenopausal women without osteoporosis on their first bone mineral density test are unlikely to fracture before age 65, and are therefore unlikely to benefit from regular or repeated screening...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

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