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Osteoporosis
Research in osteoporosis provides new insights
May 5th, 2005
Reports from the United States and Denmark highlight recent research on osteoporosis. Study 1: According to a study from the United States, "Hip fractures are common among older women. At the present time, major efforts are being made to identify women with low bone mineral density (BMD). However, more than half of hip fractures occur in women who would not classically be considered osteoporotic by BMD." J.A. Robbins and colleagues, University of California, Davis, set out "to identify factors associated with hip fracture in women with high BMDs." They analyzed data on 7,598 French women aged over 74 who participated in the EPIDOS...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-05)
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