Recent advances in managing osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a common disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, osteoporosis continues to be under-recognized, and the majority of men and women with fractures go untreated. FRAX(®) is a tool that has been developed by the World Health Organization to better identify people at high absolute risk of fracture. Modalities to assess bone quality, an important component of bone strength, have also emerged. Combined with new therapeutic options that promise increased compliance with therapy, the burden of this ever-growing and costly disease may be reduced.
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Western Hospital Gordon Street, Footscray, 3011 Australia.
Claudia
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Gagnon
Peter R
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Ebeling