AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Easy screening test available for osteoporosis: five-item questionnaire.(Gynecology)
LOS ANGELES -- A brief questionnaire is proving to be a highly effective screening test for osteoporosis.
The Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Tool (ORAT) consists of five questions that patients can answer in the waiting room. It was developed by the Florida Osteoporosis Board, with oversight by Dr. Joanne Valeriano-Marcet of the University of South Florida, Tampa, and funding from Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Aventis Pharmaceuticals through the Alliance for Better Bone Health. Four of the questions concern a woman's age, weight, and use of estrogen or steroids.
The fifth question is about height loss, which is not an independent osteoporosis risk factor but is associated with compound fractures of the spine. "We added that to encourage primary care physicians to measure their patients," said Sydney Payne ...
- May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month -- Florida Osteoporosis Board Advises Men...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 3, 2005 700+ words
...Awareness Month, and the Florida Osteoporosis Board is taking this opportunity...McIlwain, Chairman of the Florida Osteoporosis Board, "Our board members...and untreated." The Florida Osteoporosis Board also recommends the following...
- Florida Osteoporosis Board Launches OsteoporosisFlorida.org; Educational...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 31, 2004 700+ words
...rheumatologist and Chairman of the Florida Osteoporosis Board, the website was designed...for osteoporosis. The Florida Osteoporosis Board is comprised of experts...gynecology. The goal of the Florida Osteoporosis Board is to improve the standard...
- Nastech Pharmaceutical Enters into Commercialization Agreement for Nasal...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 25, 2004 700+ words
...explained Harris H. McIllwain, M.D., C.M.D., Tampa Medical Group Research and Chairman of the Florida Osteoporosis Board. "This month at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, data from an early clinical...
- Brief screening test effective for osteoporosis: five-item...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News MacReady, Norra August 1, 2003 700+ words
...Tool (ORAT) consists of five questions that women can answer in the waiting room. It was developed by the Florida Osteoporosis Board, with oversight by Dr. Joanne Valeriano-Marcet of the University of South Florida, Tampa, and funding...
- Primary care physicians often neglect to offer osteoporosis screening. (Many...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Bates, Betsy June 1, 2002 700+ words
...osteoporosis patients should be referred, according to Dr. Solomon. The study which involved the New England Region Osteoporosis Board, was supported by Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and Aventis, manufacturers of osteoporosis drugs.
- Primary care physicians put low priority on osteoporosis screening. (Survey of...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News May 1, 2002 700+ words
...the PCPs said that osteoporosis patients should be referred. The study, which involved the New England Region Osteoporosis Board, was supported by Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and Aventis, manufacturers of osteoporosis drugs.
- Joan Rivers Joins NOF and US Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, MD, in Fight...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire May 9, 2005 700+ words
...Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Director of the University of Connecticut Center for Osteoporosis, Board Member, NOF Select Members of Congress WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-369 Washington, DC WHEN: Wednesday...
Source: HighBeam Research, Easy screening test available for osteoporosis: five-item...