Health News from Medical News Today: IOF Position Paper On Breaking The Fracture Cycle Through Effective And Coordinated Models Of Care

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. IOF Position Paper On Breaking The Fracture Cycle Through Effective And Coordinated Models Of Care 31 May 2011, 4:00 pm A prior fracture at least doubles a patient's future fracture risk - yet numerous studies from across the world have found that healthcare systems fail to respond to the first fracture to prevent future fractures. Professor Cyrus Cooper, chair of the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton in the UK stated, "Studies from the UK, USA and Australia have reported that 45% or more of today's hip fracture patients have a prior fracture history... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.