Bone Health Update - Clinical Viewpoints on Osteoporosis

 

 

 

 

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A Comprehensive Osteoporosis
Education Initiative

Consumer Information
Osteoporosis »
National Women’s Health Information Center
What is Osteoporosis? »
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Bone density testing: Measure your risk of broken bones »
Ohio Health
Osteoporosis Screening »
U.S. Agency for Health Research and Quality
Bone Health: Are You at Risk for Osteoporosis? »
Medical College of Wisconsin
Osteoporosis Fast Facts »
National Osteoporosis Foundation
How Can I Prevent Osteoporosis? »
National Osteoporosis Foundation
How Can I Tell the Health of My Bones? »
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Bone Mass Measurement »
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Osteoporosis: Progress and Promise »
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Prevention and treatment for those who have bone diseases »
Exercise More Important than Calcium for Strong Bones in Women
(June 11, 2004) »
Support and Information Organizations
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center »
National Institutes of Health
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research »
Medline Plus – Osteoporosis »
National Library of Medicine
National Osteoporosis Foundation »
Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology »
University of Washington
Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Diagnosis and Monitoring Evidence Report/Technology Assessment »
Administration for Healthcare Quality and Research
National Institutes of Health “link Patients to medical research” »
Maryland Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Task Force Risk Assessment Workgroup Recommendations 2004 »
Statistics
Men and Osteoporosis »
National Osteoporosis Foundation
What is Osteoporosis? »
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Clinical Articles
Doctor’s Guide to Osteoporosis Information and Resources »
Doctor’s Guide
Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Diagnosis and Monitoring Evidence Report/Technology Assessment »
Administration for Healthcare Quality and Research
Research Organizations and Articles 2004
Genes Determine Severity of Osteoporosis (November 2, 2004) »
Exercise Can Aid Sufferers of Osteoporosis (October 19, 2004) »
By 2020, One In Two Americans Over Age 50 Will Be At Risk For Fractures From Osteoporosis Or Low Bone Mass (Oct. 14, 2004) »
International
International Bone and Mineral Society (Current IBMS Affiliated Societies) »
Osteoporosis Action “ New Report Shows Huge Cost of Osteporosis in the Work Place” »
First global osteoporosis awareness campaign launched »
Osteoporosis, symptoms, prevention, treatment, health insurance, hospitals and more »
BUPA
International Osteoporosis Foundation »
International Society for Clinical Densiometry »
Canada
About Osteoporosis »
Osteoporosis Online - Canada
Osteoporosis Foundation of Canada (Osteoporosis Society of Canada) »
Family physicians and osteoporosis (Canadian Family Physician) »
Osteoporosis in Canadian adult cystic fibrosis patients: A descriptive study »
2002 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis »
Ipriflavone in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (JAMA, March 21, 2001) »
Osteoporosis in Canadian adult cystic fibrosis patients: A descriptive study »
Australia
Osteoporosis Australia »
Bone Density Testing for Osteoporosis Awareness »
The Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis (Information about osteoporosis such as magnitude of problem of osteoporosis, relationship between bone density and bone fracture risk, diagnostic evaluation, and more) »
Medical Journal of Australia
Practical case based approach to identify Osteoporosis-Diagnosis, Treatment and Management (March 2004) »
Europe
National Osteoporosis Society ( UK) »
New Medical Therapy (NMT) Brief “Osteoporosis” »
Asia
Osteoporosis: “A world Wide Problem and the Implication in Asia” »
Central America
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorder “Osteoporosis-related life habits and knowledge about osteoporosis among women in El Salvador: A cross-sectional study” »
Africa
National Osteoporosis in Foundation “OSTEOPOROSIS in SOUTH AFRICA” »

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