Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by ...

Often dubbed a silent threat, osteoporosis weakens bones, primarily impacting individuals over 50. While often undetected ...

Madam Kumari, as she is known, has osteoporosis or brittle bones. The condition typically presents without any warning ...

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FRAX has been validated for fracture risk assessment for patients with cancer, with HRs indicating an association between ...

Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by ...

While osteoporosis is much more common in adults over age 60, it can strike younger people too. In fact, according to the ...

Ting Zhang, University of Pittsburgh and Jianying Zhang, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone ...

Severe mental illness (SMI) is associated with an increased likelihood of fragility fractures, while osteoporosis may be underdiagnosed.

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 ...