From The Wall Street Journal By Dana Wechsler Linden – March 23, 2015

According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis is widely known as a women’s disease, but as many as one in four men in the U.S. over the age of 50 is likely to face higher risk of osteoporosis.
A recent study, which was conducted by the National Bone Health Alliance, shows that women are about three times as likely as men (53% versus 18%) to be tested using a bone-density scan after suffering a broken wrist On the other hand, the majority of male patients don’t get tested for osteoporosis after suffering a fragility fracture (fracture to the wrist, vertebrae, or other bones not caused by an accident or trauma).

An important goal is to get greater numbers of men to be tested for osteoporosis when they come to a hospital or clinic with a fracture to the wrist, vertebrae or other bones that wasn’t from a major accident or trauma.

International Osteoporosis Foundation expresses that osteoporosis is a common cause of hip fractures, and men are twice as likely as women to die in the year after suffering a broken hip.

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