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Though half the fracture-prevention battle is getting people diagnosed with low bone density, nearly 80% of older Americans who suffer bone breaks are not tested or treated for osteoporosis.
Large database study shows lower mortality within 5 years after a fracture among individuals using longer acting, antiresorptive osteoporosis medications, such as bisphosphonates.
A rheumatologist who helped draft the French recommendations for the treatment of osteoporosis compares them to the updated American guidelines.
Nearly a third of men with prostate cancer had a vertebral fracture at the time of ADT initiation, underscoring the need for better baseline risk assessment.
Although the update to the 2017 ACP guideline on drug treatment for osteoporosis now advises bisphosphonates as initial therapy, an editorialist admits the decision to use them is not always easy.