The Conversation10d
Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy
Fall prevention strategies and balance training are crucial and can help reduce the risk of fractures. Women should start ...
Japan Today1d
Osteoporosis can shorten your life: Here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy
Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some ...
Daily1d
Annual DXA Screening in Lung Transplant Patients in First Two Years may help prevent osteoporosis: Study
USA: A recent study recommends that lung transplant patients undergo annual screening with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry ...
WiscNews1d
SAVVY SENIOR: How to know if you’re getting osteoporosis
Dear Susan, While osteoporosis is much more common in adults age 60 and older, it can strike younger people too. In fact, ...
East Idaho News5d
How to know if you’re getting osteoporosis
Dear Savvy Senior, Can a person in their early fifties have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter, the ...
Yahoo1d
Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy
Women should start osteoporosis screening at age 65, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Men should consider screening if they have risk factors for osteoporosis, which include ...
CMAJ2d
Osteoporosis Canada guideline on screening for men likely low value
The 2023 Osteoporosis Canada guideline suggests bone mass density (BMD) testing for men without Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) risk factors, starting at age 70 years.[1][1] Figure 1 states ...
Tehran Times24d
Osteoporosis screening program underway
The program will be implemented in other parts of the country if the first phase is fruitful, IRNA quoted Fatemeh Hajivalizadeh, a health ministry official, as saying. The national bone health week is ...