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The goal of this activity is to increase clinicians' knowledge and ability in the screening, diagnosis, prevention, and management of osteoporosis in at-risk populations that are historically underscreened. This includes women older than 65 who have a previous fragility fracture and older and elderly men. This activity also seeks to...

Long-term use of bisphosphonates increases the risk for atypical (subtrochanteric or femoral shaft) fractures in older women, according to the results of a population-based, nested case-control study reported in the February 23 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Conclusion: The results from our study indicate that reduced BMD is an important risk factor for low-energy distal radius fracture in men. This suggests that improvement of BMD by both pharmacological and non-pharmacological initiatives may be a strategy to reduce fracture risk in men.
Low bone mineral density is a significant...

Concurrent use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is associated with a dose-dependent loss of protection against hip fracture with alendronate in elderly patients, according to the results of an observational study reported online February 14 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

he goals of this activity are to identify and overcome barriers to diagnosing osteoporosis and evaluating future fracture risk in postmenopausal women and other at-risk populations and to help participants develop practical strategies to improve osteoporosis recognition and management through implementation of evidence-based recommendations and nationally recognized clinical guidelines using...

The goal of this activity is to identify and overcome barriers to diagnosing osteoporosis, evaluating future fracture risk in postmenopausal women and other at-risk populations, and developing practical strategies to improve osteoporosis recognition and management through implementation of evidence-based recommendations and nationally recognized clinical guidelines using performance improvement CME.
Overcoming the...

Objectives
1. Describe the clinical features of (idiopathic) juvenile osteoporosis
2. Discuss the natural history of juvenile osteoporosis
Discussion point
1. What is the role of spine bracing for children with juvenile osteoporosis?

Medscape Resource Center on Osteoporosis is a collection of the latest medical news and information on conditions associated with bone loss and fracture.

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
daily doses of more than 5 to 7.5 mg of prednisone or its equivalent should be avoided because of side effects produced by glucocorticoids, esp diminishing of bone mineral content

Provides information on bone density and the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Cases with images are available. Post-test included. Sponsored by University of Washington. Site maintained by Susan Ott, MD Professor of Medicine University of Washington 1998 - 2011

The NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (NIH ORBD~NRC) provides information to health care professionals, patients and the public about metabolic bone diseases.

Osteoporosis (Greek: bone with too many passages) is a condition in which the holes in the bones become larger. Instead of bone, the spaces are filled with fat or bone marrow cells and the bone density is decreased, as shown in the page about bone structure. The bones are weak...

Grading of osteoporosis based on the X-ray appearance of the hip
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Definition
Self limiting syndrome of unknown aetiology causing hip pain associated with osteoporosis of prox femur