Osteoporosis - Its diagnosis, management and treatment with a new oral bisphosphonate agent, etidronate

Osteoporosis is an increasingly widespread and serious disorder, which results in significant long-term morbidity, mortality and negative effects on the quality of life for countless hundreds of thousands of older Canadians. Careful early assessment using bone density measurement is an important diagnostic tool, permitting detection of substantial bone loss and thus identifying those at increased fracture risk. Aggressive management of bone …