1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):36-46
Description:
Involutional bone loss, and the fracture syndromes that are designated "osteoporosis," are multifactorial phenomena. Gonadal hormone deficiency, inade...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):62-65
Description:
Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) for postmenopausal women greatly reduces the risk of osteoporotic fractures, but carries an increased risk of endom...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):75-77
Description:
The best approach to treatment of osteoporosis is prevention of bone loss as discussed elsewhere in this volume. However, some currently approved ther...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):87-90
Description:
A survey of physicians, consumers, journalists, and experts on osteoporosis showed that the level of awareness, particularly among consumers and physi...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):31-33
Description:
There is a positive relationship between bone mass and resistance to breaking. Measurements of the spine made by quantitative computed tomography (QCT...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):54-58
Description:
Evidence from a variety of sources indicates that exercise can increase the mineral content of bone, raising the expectation that exercise programs ma...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):70-75
Description:
Hormonal therapy can effectively enhance the quality of life for postmenopausal women, and prevent climacteric-related conditions such as osteoporosis...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):14-20
Description:
Established risk factors for osteoporosis and associated fractures are increasing age, female sex, white race, removal of the ovaries at an early age,...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):66-70
Description:
Osteoporosis is more readily prevented than treated, and early intervention with effective therapy would be expected to reduce significantly the impac...
1989 Sep-Oct | Public Health Rep. 104(Suppl):27-30
Description:
Four procedures--single photon absorptiometry, dual photon absorptiometry, dual energy radiography, and quantitative computed tomography--allow nontra...
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