Oct. 30, 2019 — About half of all women in the U.S. will suffer a bone fracture due to osteoporosis. For women, the incidence of this condition is greater than that of heart attack, stroke and breast ...

As populations are aging, osteoporotic fractures are common and they are associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, disability, pain and a high cost of treatment. In addition to ...

Osteoporosis results in loss of bone mass and makes patients more prone to fractures, but there are a variety of ways to prevent and treat it. Amy Ballard, a certified physician assistant, oversees ...

The FRAX tool demonstrated good discrimination overall but underestimated fracture risk among certain patients with diabetes, including Hispanic women and Black men.