Osteoporosis

Recent findings in osteoporosis described

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 14th, 2005

Osteoporosis research advances have been reported from Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Study 1: Prevalence of osteoporosis, as detected by quantitative ultrasound at the calcaneus, is "noteworthy" among a population of women in and around Hanoi, Vietnam.

T.T.H. Vu and colleagues, University of Tokushima, Japan, conducted a population-based, cross-sectional survey in 2003 of 2,232 adult women aged {{>=}}20 years, living in Hanoi City, to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis and related factors. The women had no known illnesses affecting their bone metabolism, the researchers said.

According to the study,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-14)

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