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When Linda
was 50
Linda (age 50) Facts about Osteoporosis - The average primary care doctor sees 54 women a week over the age of fifty. On average, of these 54 women, 30% have osteoporosis. - The average number of patients diagnosed with osteoporosis per week per primary care physician is only ONE. - A Gallup Survey of Women ages 45 - 75 indicates that three out of four have NEVER SPOKEN to a doctor about osteoporosis. - 28 million people have osteoporosis in this country and most don't know it. - Osteoporosis leads to 1.5 million fractures each year. - $18 billion dollars is spent on treating those fractures. - Patients' risk of osteoporotic fracture is greater than their combined risk for heart attack, stroke, breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer. |
At age 75
Linda
Linda (age 75) - The risk of death from osteoporosis in women equals the risk of death from breast cancer. - 50% of women over age fifty will have some type of osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime. - 50% of the people suffering an osteoporotic hip fracture won't walk again. - 20% of the people suffering a hip fracture die within one year. - Almost half of women 65 and older suffering an osteoporotic fracture of the hip die within the first year, - 250 million women worldwide have osteoporosis now. - By the year 2020, the number of women affected is projected to double. - Bone mineral density (BND) testing is the only practical way to detect low bone mass. (*Source - World Organization Organization and National Osteoporosis Foundation.) |
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Message from the MEC/OBD
president:"As president, I have committed my company to providing medical facilities with "state-of-the-art" bone densitometry equipment to help them do a better job with preventing, testing for, screening for, detecting, diagnosing, and treating Osteoporosis which ravage so many women and men. Our diagnostic equipment will speed up the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Osteoporosis and osteoporotic bone disorders in men and women. The key to preventing Osteoporosis in women and men is early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. This means measuring, testing, screening, detecting, and diagnosing low bone mass in women and men early in their lifetimes so that effective treatment can stop the Osteoporosis dead in its tracks." Together, we can help protect families from this terrible disease. Sincerely, |
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