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Researchers Identify Predictors For Spine Fractures - Most Common Kind Of Osteoporotic Fractures

Added: January 4, 2008 | Time 02:11 | Views: 315

Spine fractures are the most common kind of bone fractures caused by osteoporosis. About seven-hundred thousand spine fractures occur each year in the U.S., but about two-thirds of those go undiagnosed. A new study aims to help identify women at greatest risk for those fractures, in hopes of preventing them.
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Topics: Muscular/Skeletal

Tags: bone fractures, elderly, fracture, health, jama report, low bone density, news, Osteoporosis, spine, spine fractures, university of pittsburgh, women

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