Fractures are major cause of older women’s hospitalizations

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - For U.S. women age 55 or older, bone fractures due to osteoporosis lead to more hospitalizations and greater healthcare costs than heart attack, stroke or breast cancer, according to a new study. “What we saw and what those of us in the bone heath field have known is that the burden of major osteoporotic factors is huge,” said lead author Dr. Andrea Singer of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and clinical director at the National Osteoporosis Foundation. More than five million people over age 50 in the U.S. ...



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