title: Clinical management. Brittle battle.
abstract: Women aged 75 and over with fractures will get bone-saving treatment and drugs straight away. Women aged 65-75 with fractures will need a DEXA scan before treatment can start. Specialists are concerned that women under 75 will lose out because scanning is patchy around the UK.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryan
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D016527:Drug Costs; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D014852:Wales