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Osteoporosis

New osteoporosis study findings recently were reported by investigators at Interdisciplinary Center for Biomedical Research, Department of Radiology

Published in Drug Week, August 20th, 2010

New investigation results, 'Incidence of new fractures in women with osteoporosis-induced vertebral fractures detected on routine lateral chest radiographs,' are detailed in a study published in La Radiologia Medica. According to recent research published in the journal La Radiologia Medica, "Vertebral fractures represent one of the major complications of osteopororis. Diagnosis is followed by a pharmacological, interventional or surgical treatment."

"Up to day there are non practice guidelines for a screening evaluation of bone fractures in elderly and most of the fractures remain undiagnosed. We prospectively evaluated the prevalence of vertebral...

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