Nursefriendly.com: Osteoporosis

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

5 "Women's Diseases" Your Husband Can Get - Nursing Link

Vicki Santillano | DivineCaroline

March 14, 2011

It’s hard to escape the flagrant gender labeling in our society. Dolls and the color pink are associated with girls, while guys are assigned GI Joes and the “manly” color blue. And the trend doesn’t stop at childhood, either. Even the medical industry tends to ascribe certain diseases to men or women, even when both sexes run the risk of developing them.

Recently, there’s been a successful campaign push to educate women about the dangers of heart disease, a condition previously associated with men only. By the same token, there are quite a few health problems facing guys that warrant attention. Men may be less likely to get these diseases than women are, but that doesn’t mean the danger—and the need for preventative measures—isn’t there.

1. Osteoporosis

Look at any advertisement for calcium supplements or osteoporosis treatment, and it’s obvious who’s being targeted—namely, not men. While it’s true that women are more prone to weakened bones, the National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that two million men have it currently, while twelve million more are at risk. Women have smaller frames, which give them less to work with as calcium depletion rises with age. But while women are often tested for bone density around menopause because their hormonal changes make bones more fragile, men aren’t until something major happens, like a fracture

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Rare Fractures Linked To Drugs For Weak Bones : NPR

The study found 716 atypical fractures among more than 200,000 Ontario women over 68. The researchers calculate the risk at one or two atypical fractures for every 1,000 women who took bisphosphonate drugs for more than five years.

Enlarge Courtesy of Dr. Jennifer Schneider
An X-ray of Schneider's right femur (thighbone), which broke suddenly as she was standing on a New York subway train.

Courtesy of Dr. Jennifer Schneider
An X-ray of Schneider's right femur (thighbone), which broke suddenly as she was standing on a New York subway train.

That's fairly rare, and considerably less than the risk of another potential side effect from these drugs, a condition called osteonecrosis of the jaw — the death of part of the jawbone, following a major dental procedure. Still, since tens of millions of women are taking bisphosphonates, the Ontario study suggests thousands of them may suffer devastating atypical fractures every year.

But here's the dilemma: Many women really need these drugs, because they really do work to prevent ordinary hip fractures caused by osteoporosis.

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