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Osteoporosis
Postmenopausal women in study don't stick with home-based preventive program
April 21st, 2005
A study conducted in France found that most postmenopausal women didn't stick with a home-based osteoporosis prevention program. M.A. Mayoux-Benhamou and colleagues, Cochin Hospital, Paris, conducted a "prospective 18-month study ...designed to assess long-term compliance with a program of exercise aimed to prevent osteoporosis after an educational intervention and to uncover determinants of compliance." According to the researchers' report, "A total of 135 postmenopausal women were recruited by flyers or instructed by their physicians to participate in an educational session added to usual medical care. After a baseline visit and dual-energy X-ray...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-21)
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