Osteoporosis: diagnosis and management

"Osteoporosis is a growing major public health problem that impacts many women and men. In the US alone, it is estimated that 10 million Americans have osteoporosis and another 34 million have low bone mass. Both of these conditions put patients at increased risk for fracture. This book takes a "generalist" approach to the challenge of osteoporosis. It is aimed at those specialists, in particular gynecologists, who have regular clinical contact with particularly prone populations, such as menopausal and post menopausal women, who do not have the need for in-depth knowledge of the subject"--Provided by publisher.

Epidemiology and genetics of postmenopausal osteoporosis / Mark Edwards [and others] -- Osteoporosis in men / Robert A. Adler -- Mechanisms of bone remodelling / Maziar Shabestari and Erik Fink Eriksen -- Fracture risk assessment / Ronald C. Hamdy -- Secondary causes of osteoporosis : bone diseases / Peter R. Ebeling -- Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis / Stuart Silverman and Swamy Venuturapali -- Secondary causes of osteoporosis : other medications / Diane M. Biskobing -- Hormone therapy for osteoporosis / Pilar Valenzuela Mazo and James A. Simon -- Bisphosphonates / Paul D. Miller and Nelson B. Watts -- Denosumab / Michael A. Bolognese -- Parathyroid hormone : anabolic treatment of osteoporosis / Erik Fink Eriksen -- Optimum calcium and vitamin D for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis / Michael F. Holick -- The use of combination therapy in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis / Juliet Compston -- Emerging therapies / Michael R. McClung and Cristiano A.F. Zerbini -- Monitoring therapy for osteoporosis / E. Michael Lewiecki -- Persistence and compliance with medications to prevent fractures: epidemiology, etiology, and management issues / John T. Schousboe -- …