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Article: Osteoporosis: many drugs prescribed, not so many hip fractures avoided.(Drug overview)
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- HealthFacts
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- April 1, 2008
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Fracture prevention is focussed on bone density, but other factors like bone quality and muscle strength are also important, according to a recent commentary by two Toronto physicians for the Journal of the American Medical Association. They advocate a broader view of osteoporosis prevention but first, here is an historical context for this disease that has become a major health concern for women.
Osteoporosis was unknown to the public until the 1980s. The disease was diagnosed in the elderly only after a "fragility" fracture had occurred. But a new definition, based on bone mineral density, was established in 1993 at a World Health Organization meeting of ...