Primary Care Reports – April 1, 2004

April 1, 2004

• Osteoporosis

  Many therapeutic options now are available to prevent and treat osteoporosis, and consist of non-drug and drug or hormonal therapy. In just one decade, osteoporosis has been transformed from a disorder considered to be an inevitable and irreversible consequence of aging to a disorder in which there now is true therapeutic optimism. This article discusses the definition, epidemiology, and different causes of osteoporosis. Diagnostic studies, including bone densitometry, are reviewed as well as the various therapies.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Estrogen Found to Not Affect Heart Disease, Breast Cancer

  The NIH has halted the estrogen-alone wing of the Womens Health Initiative a year before its scheduled end.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

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