Hip fracture rate could drop with aggressive osteoporosis prevention

Evidentia - 8th January 2010 5:22 pm

Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the US by 25%, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the recent issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The first step must be a more active role by orthopedic surgeons in osteoporosis disease management, researchers say.