High-Trauma Fractures in Older Men and Women Linked to Osteoporosis

SOURCE:  U.S. DHH NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

DATE:  November 28, 2007

EXCERPT:  "Researchers at the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Research Institute are challenging a widely held belief that fractures resulting from major trauma, such as automobile accidents, are not related to osteoporosis, the common disease that makes bones weak and prone to fracture."  more

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LinksMackey DC, Lui LY, Cawthon PM, Bauer DC, Nevitt MC, Cauley JA, Hillier TA, Lewis CE, Barrett-Connor E, Cummings SR; Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) and Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS) Research Groups. High-trauma fractures and low bone mineral density in older women and men. JAMA. 2007 Nov 28;298(20):2381-8.