Fracture

Fracture News

AGS Geriatrician-Managed Program Reduces Falls and Fractures A multidisciplinary falls and fractures clinic coordinated by geriatricians reduced falls by 65% and fractures by 72% in elderly patients.
Medscape Medical News, May 9, 2012
Early Menopause May Predict Osteoporosis, Fractures, Death Results of a prospective long-term Swedish observational study link early menopause to osteoporosis, fragility fractures, and death.
Medscape Medical News, April 25, 2012

Does Long-term Levothyroxine Use Cause Bone Loss? Can chronic use of levothyroxine put patients at risk for fractures?
Medscape Pharmacists, September 20, 2011
Levothyroxine Dose and Risk for Fractures: Avoid Overtreatment Dr. JoAnn Manson reports on a recent study with practice implications for levothyroxine dosing in older adults.
Medscape Ob/Gyn, September 7, 2011

Proton Pump Inhibitors and Bone Fractures: What's the Risk?
Medscape Gastroenterology, September 6, 2011
NAMS Position Statement: Management of Osteoporosis
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), June 30, 2011
Atypical Fracture and Bisphosphonates
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), January 11, 2011
'D' is for Dilemma: Two Vitamin Guidelines, Two Recommendations
Medscape Family Medicine, January 5, 2011