Study: Osteoporosis screening is rather random

OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING IS RATHER RANDOM (Orthopedics This Week)
A new study of nearly 51,000 women has found that many patients who should be screened for osteoporosis are not…and some of those who do get screened shouldn’t be. The study, published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, comes from the University of California Davis Health System.
The researchers “found that screening rates increased sharply among women at age 50, despite guidelines suggesting screening at age 65 unless risk factors are present. The presence of risk factors only had a modest influence on screening ...


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