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New guide for
the prevention and treatment of Low Bone
Mass, Osteoporosis
Newswise — The National
Osteoporosis Foundation today released its
new “Clinician’s Guide to Prevention and
Treatment of Osteoporosis” which represents
a new era for healthcare providers in the
evaluation and treatment of people with low
bone mass or osteoporosis.
The Clinician’s Guide
was developed by an expert committee of NOF
collaborating with a multi-specialty council
of experts in the field of bone health,
including reviewers from AACE. The AACE
guidelines on post-menopausal osteoporosis
are being updated for a projected release
later in 2008.
“AACE commends the
efforts of the NOF in developing and
publishing these clinical guidelines and
strongly endorses them,” AACE President
Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE said.
“The
recommendations apply a new algorithm on
absolute fracture risk released by the World
Health Organization (WHO) that represents a
significant improvement in the quality of
risk assessment and treatment of
osteoporosis and will assist clinicians in
managing osteoporosis.”
According to Bess
Dawson-Hughes, M.D., chair of the
Clinician’s Guide Development Committee and
past president of NOF, the new guide:
“dramatically alters the approach to
assessing fracture and risk treatment.
"It
provides evidence-based recommendations to
help healthcare providers better identify
people at high risk for developing
osteoporosis and fractures and assures that
those at highest risk are recommended for
treatment to lower that risk.”
Additional Resources:
To view the NOF web
page of the New Clinician’s Guide, visit
http://www.nof.org/professionals/Clinicians_Guide.htm
About AACE
AACE is a professional medical organization
with 6,000 members in the United States and
85 other countries.
Founded in 1991, AACE is
dedicated to the optimal care of patients
with endocrine problems. AACE Clinical
Endocrinologists advanced, specialized
training enable them to be experts in the
care of endocrine disease, such as diabetes,
thyroid disorders, growth hormone
deficiency, osteoporosis, cholesterol
disorders, hypertension and obesity. For
further information about AACE visit
www.aace.com.
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