Boning Up on Osteoporosis: Recent Episodes
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Known as the silent disease, osteoporosis affects about 10 million Americans, and another 44 million are at risk of developing it. But despite its increasing prevalence among older adults, there’s still a lot of discrepancies among healthcare professionals when it comes to diagnosing and treating osteoporosis. That’s why Boning Up on Osteoporosis is here to explore the latest strategies that improve the way we approach this debilitating and costly disease, in addition to outlining how we can help those at risk reverse the effects and maintain strong, healthy bones.
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Guest: Sabrina E. Noel, PhD, RD
While osteoporosis was thought to have affected primarily non-Hispanic white women, recent evidence suggests that Hispanic men and women have a similar or higher frequency of this chronic condition. Dr. Sabrina E. Noel, Ph.D., R.D., discusses her studies regarding the prevalence of osteoporosis in the Hispanic community.
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Guest: Andrea J. Singer, MD, FACP, CCD
While osteoporosis-related bone fractures affect nearly 54 million adults in the U.S., there’s a lot we don’t know about this bone disease. With that in mind, Dr. Andrea Singer joins us today to review a recent report from the National Osteoporosis Foundation and discuss the impact of osteoporosis on economic drivers, patient quality of life, and the healthcare system as a whole.
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Guest: Felicia Cosman, MD
How can factors like nutrition, alcohol intake, and physical activity impact our patients’ bone health? Find out what the top research over the past decade on osteoporosis is saying on these topics and more with Dr. Felicia Cosman, Coeditor in Chief of the Osteoporosis International journal and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Host: Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Guest: Felicia Cosman, MD
Here to bring to light highly sited articles over the past decade from the leading journal in osteoporosis that address the way we approach patients living with osteoporosis and the different treatment options we can use to help them is Dr. Felicia Cosman, Coeditor in Chief of the Osteoporosis International journal and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Susan Greenspan, MD
Guest: John Carey, MB, BCh, BAO
It is estimated that 54 million Americans over the age of 50 are affected by osteoporosis and low-density bone mass, putting them at higher risk for fractures. Additionally, new evidence is emerging that the 30-year downward trend in hip fractures has hit a plateau recently, indicating that the field, as a whole, must take action to aggressively reduce this danger in our aging population.
Dr. John Carey, President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, and Dr. Susan Greenspan, Vice President of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, speak with host Dr. Matt Birnholz about diagnostic and treatment priorities for osteoporosis to help reduce fractures.
Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Guest: Meryl S. LeBoff, MD
Osteoporosis is a major public health threat for an estimated 54 million Americans 50 years of age and older. In the U.S. today, 10.2 million individuals are estimated to already have the disease and 43.4 million more are estimated to have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for osteoporosis and fractures. Because bone density tends to decline with age, the problem of osteoporosis has reached epidemic proportions with the rapidly aging population. It is estimated that by 2020 over 61 million Americans will have osteoporosis or low bone mass. Join host Dr. Shira Johnson welcomes Dr. Meryl LeBoff, Endocrinologist; Chief of the Calcium and Bone Section at Brigham Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts; and, trustee of the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
About NOF & Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)
NOF has adopted the 20/20 Vision of the National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA), of which NOF is a founding member. The goal is to reduce bone breaks by 20% by the year 2020.
Approximately 2 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis each year. Compliance around osteoporosis and post-fracture quality measures is not consistent despite the existence of several NCQA and CMS healthcare provider quality measures. The solution to resolving the 75 …