U.S. Hip Fracture Rate Could Drop 25 Percent With Aggressive Osteoporosis Prevention

Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 00:14 in Health & Medicine

Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a new study. The first step must be a more active role by orthopedic surgeons in osteoporosis disease management, researchers say.

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