Clinical Rules Don't Predict Osteoporosis in Women

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Reuters Health & Science News Article NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Clinical prediction rules used by doctors to identify patients who will develop osteoporosis, which take into account various risk factors, are not useful in identifying women likely to develop the bone-thinning condition, new research shows. However, the rules are good at spotting women who are not likely to develop osteoporosis and probably don't require bone density scans.   Erik Kampe, MS Editor, Pathways-To-Womens-S ... (more)  

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