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Experts recommend routine osteoporosis screening

September 17, 2002 Posted: 8:17 AM EDT (1217 GMT)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Women 65 and older should be regularly screened for osteoporosis by getting bone density tests, a government panel recommended.

The recommendation, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, was issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of health experts.

The task force's last report on bone-weakening osteoporosis, in 1996, said there was not enough evidence to say whether routine screening is an effective prevention tool. Since then, additional research has shown there is a benefit, said Janet Allen, vice chair of the task force.

Low-dose X-rays of the hip to measure bone density generally cost between $125 and $200 dollars, according to the task force.

Women at higher risk for osteoporosis-related fractures should start getting tested earlier, at age 60, the task force said.

The disease is more common among women who are older, have a sedentary lifestyle and a family history of osteoporosis, and are taking estrogen. But many women do not even realize they have the condition until they break a bone.

Osteoporosis affects 10 million Americans -- 80 percent of them women -- and leads to more than 1.5 million fractures per year, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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