Bone Density
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02/16/2023
A bone density test can inform you how effective an osteoporosis medication is for your patients. How soon after medication initiation would you perform a bone density test?
02/16/2023
01/05/2023
The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool can help predict which patients with osteoporosis are most at risk of fractures during a 10-year period. Take our poll to let us know if and how you use FRAX in your...
01/05/2023
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02/16/2023
A bone density test can inform you how effective an osteoporosis medication is for your patients. How soon after medication initiation would you perform a bone density test?
02/16/2023
01/05/2023
The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool can help predict which patients with osteoporosis are most at risk of fractures during a 10-year period. Take our poll to let us know if and how you use FRAX in your...
01/05/2023
06/14/2022
Your patient is a 72-year-old woman concerned about her risk of hip fracture. She tells you that as a child, she often drank 2 to 3 glasses of milk a day, but drinks far less now. She asks if she should...
06/14/2022
04/12/2022
Your patient is a 67-year-old woman concerned about her risk of hip fractures. She tells you that she drinks milk and takes vitamin D supplements everyday but asks if there are any other lifestyle changes...
04/12/2022
01/31/2021
A recent study found that the recommended dosage of vitamin D supplementation may increase bone mineral density among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. Have you found this to be the case...
01/31/2021
Clinical Insights
06/03/2022
Carolyn Crandall, MD, MS, answers our questions about her team’s research examining the relationship between a secondary bone mineral density measurement and the ability to estimate fracture risk in...
06/03/2022
12/18/2019
Timothy S.H. Kwok, MD, from the University of Toronto, answers our questions about his research that evaluated bone mineral density (BMD) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA), the effect of PsA clinical activity on...
12/18/2019