The Osteoporosis Center and Clinical Research Program is staffed by the Osteoporosis Study Group of the Department of Medicine at the Stony Brook University Hospital and Medical Center. The Center is committed to research in bone biology and the highest quality of clinical care to treat and prevent osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a silent disease, sometimes going undetected for many years until a fracture occurs.
About 25 million Americans are at risk for fractures, primarily because of fragile bones from osteoporosis. In the United States, nearly 1.5 million fractures occur each year, often with devastating consequences. A 50 year-old woman has up to a 50 percent chance of at least one major osteoporotic fracture during her remaining life.