OSTEOPOROSIS
Subtitle: Diagnosis, Prevention, Therapy
Contributors: C. Bartl (Contributor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9783540404996
Subjects: Orthopaedics & fractures; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Gynecology & Obstetrics; Internal Medicine; Rheumatology; Medical / Family & General Practice; Medical / Orthopedics; Bone Density; Diphosphonates; Osteoporosis; Prevention; prevention & control
First sentence: A young healthy adult can hardly imagine that he/she will ever suffer from osteoporosis.
Description: Osteoporosis is indeed a global threat because every human being is vulnerable and subject to it as time goes by. The authors point out the enormous scale of the problem in terms of human suffering, morbidity and mortality on the one hand and the astronomical national costs on the other. The book is scientifically based but provides easy-to-follow guidelines for lifelong maintenance of skeletal structure and function. Osteoporosis is preventable, if doctors want to, and every doctor can contribute. Bone is every doctor's and every body's business.