Treatment options for postmenopausal osteoporosis

Treatment options for postmenopausal osteoporosis Review (1325) Total Article Views Authors: Walsh GM Published Date August 2012 Volume 2012:8 Pages 367 - 368 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S36280 Received: 23 July 2012 Accepted: Published: 28 August 2012 Garry M Walsh Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom To serve our readership better, future editions of Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management will once again feature the Editor’s comments and views on some of the articles published in that issue of the journal. Bone is a complex tissue that, in addition to protecting vital organs and giving mechanical support for muscles and joints, provides a mineral reservoir essential for calcium homeostasis, together with the microenvironment essential for hematopoiesis. Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease, with up to a third of postmenopausal women suffering from this increasingly important public health problem. Key characteristics include low bone mineral density with microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to increased susceptibility to fragility fractures. Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Other articles by Dr Garry Walsh Profile of reslizumab in eosinophilic disease and its potential in the treatment of poorly controlled eosinophilic asthma Readers of this article also read: Performance in L1 and L2 observed in Arabic-Hebrew bilingual aphasic following brain tumor: A case constitutes double dissociation Evidence-based decision-making within the context of globalization: A “Why–What–How” for leaders and managers of health care organizations The cognitive basis of diglossia in Arabic: Evidence from a repetition priming study within and between languages Epigenomics in cancer management Amino acid-responsive Crohn's disease: a case study DataGenno: building a new tool to bridge molecular and clinical genetics Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi Long-term treatment of bipolar disorder with a radioelectric asymmetric conveyor Comparison of two treatments for coxarthrosis: local hyperthermia versus radio electric asymmetrical brain stimulation Radio electric asymmetric brain stimulation in the treatment of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease