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Approach and Assessment of Osteoporosis: Identifying and Managing Risk

Ang Seng Bin
The Singapore Family Physician Vol 44 No 3 - Osteoporosis
7 - 10
1 July 2018
0377-5305
With an ageing population, the incidence of osteoporotic fractures leading to deaths and impairment in quality of life. However, despite the availability of effective treatments, osteoporosis is often under-diagnosed and under-treated. Primary fracture prevention means detection of osteoporosis early with timely appropriate treatment to improve the bone and lifestyle and environment optimisation to reduce falls. We propose a population-based combined with high-risk prescreening for measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) to reduce the incidence of fractures in the population.