Drug therapy should be initiated in all men at high risk for fracture. Alendronate is indicated for the treatment of osteoporosis. It is considered first-line therapy because of its efficacy and ...

The task force also recommends screening postmenopausal women younger than 65 who have one or more risk factors for osteoporosis, which is a really important population and part of its overall ...

Despite being known as an ‘old women’s disease’, osteoporosis poses a significant threat to men’s health, with one in five at risk of fractures.

However, in the US alone, approximately one in two women and one in four men over the age of ... are estimated to suffer from osteoporosis 2. Pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis mainly ...

and baseline and follow-up BMD assessments Men with established osteoporosis are candidates for treatment with a bisphosphonate; a SERM would be a reasonable alternative for those men with ...

while an even greater proportion of at-risk men (80 per cent) and at-risk women (70 per cent) are not taking appropriate treatment. Ireland does not have an osteoporosis programme, although the ...

Purpose: The role of vitamin K in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and arterial calcification ... no correlation between vitamin K and BMD 39 888 men and women Vitamin K intake ...

It showed the majority of men (70 per cent) and women (54 per cent) found to be at very high risk of fracture were not on treatment. The international research team said a national osteoporosis ...

A new study into bone fractures due to osteoporosis has found the majority of people who are at very high-risk are not receiving treatment for the condition. The finding was made by academics and ...