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Updated Treatment Guidelines Aim To Improve Care.(of osteoporosis)
2001 MAY 24 - (NewsRx Network) -- Osteoporosis affects eight million women, yet knowledge about the disease's most visible symptom is lacking among both patients and physicians, according to new survey findings released at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) in San Antonio, Texas.
While nearly 80% of women at risk know osteoporosis is a disease that causes weak and fragile bones. less than 50% are aware that bone fractures from everyday activities can be a sign of osteoporosis, according to a survey of 400 women age 50 and older.
Additionally, a survey of 100 primary care physicians revealed that while 97% consider themselves knowledgeable about osteoporosis, just 38% reported they "always" tell patients age 50 and older that low-trauma fractures may be a sign of the disease.
"Bone fractures and the complications that follow are serious consequences of osteoporosis, a condition that is especially common in postmenopausal women," says Nelson B. Watts, MD, FACE, chairman of the AACE Osteoporosis Awareness Initiative. and director of the Osteoporosis Program at Emory University. "If women and their doctors don't link bone fractures and osteoporosis, many women will continue to go untreated and be at greater risk for subsequent fractures, which often happen within a year after the first."
To reduce the incidence of fractures related to osteoporosis and to achieve the highest quality of life for patients, AACE - a non-profit organization of 3,600 member clinical endocrinologists has updated its guidelines for optimal osteoporosis care. The 2001 AACE Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for the Prevention and Management of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis are intended to simplify medical decision-making and help physicians and their patients make good decisions about skeletal health and postmenopausal osteoporosis.
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