Bone Abstracts

Awareness of osteoporosis in men is improving, although it remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Empirical data in men display similarities with data acquired in women, despite pathophysiological differences, which may not be clinically relevant. Men should receive treatment at a similar 10 years fracture probability as in women. Bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclastic bone resorption and are the most widely used drugs in male osteoporosis. The treatment response to oral bis...

Patients with improved health understanding have greater autonomy over, and motivation towards, health-related lifestyles. We compared self-perceived fracture risk and 3-year incident fracture rates in postmenopausal women for a range of co-morbid diseases using data from the Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW).GLOW is an international cohort study involving 723 physician practices across 10 countries in Europe, North America, Austr...