Heart failure linked to thinner bones and fractures
Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 08:03
in Health & Medicine
Heart failure is associated with a 30 percent increase in major fractures and also identifies a high-risk population that may benefit from increased screening and treatment for osteoporosis, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).