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18551949

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
The incidence of osteoporosis is increasing worldwide. It has great impact on the life of the elderly population. The most significant medical consequence of osteoporosis is fragility fracture which without proper treatment will cause severe medical and psychosocial complications. The overall cost in managing osteoporosis and its related fractures is escalating. Using bone densitometry to measure bone mineral density is useful in the diagnosis of osteoporosis but it is costly and not feasible in the community. Drugs such as estrogen replacement, raloxifene and calcitonin are effective in prevention and treatment of osteoporosis but they are also expensive. Identifying modifiable risk factors such as smoking, lack of exercise, low dietary calcium and vitamin D intake and healthy life style remain strategy in the primary prevention of osteoporosis in the community.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0300-5283
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
355-7; quiz 358
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Osteoporosis: primary prevention in the community.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Family Medicine, International Medical Universiti Malaysia, Jalan Rasah, Seremban 70300, Negeri Sembilan. kengyin_loh@imu.edu.my
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review