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any women are unaware they are suffering from osteoporosis. The disease under-diagnosed, and hence under-treated, causing yet more than 130 000 fractures each year in France.Jean Wactawski-Wende of the University of Buffalo in the USA, followed 836 women she osteodensitometrie subject to a systematic review that measures bone mineral density and ask whether the diagnosis of osteoporosis .
More than half of them actually suffered from the disease. But one year after the exam, one in four women had not informed his doctor treating the outcome of the review. And half had still not begun treatment to slow the progression of the disease.
In addition, many women at risk for osteoporosis do not make a osteodensitometrie. According to Jean Wactawski-Wende, "we must improve and intensify the education of women but also doctors."
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