Contemporary Retirement
Retirement is changing. The type of retirement that their parents enjoyed is no longer enough for the baby boomer generation. Today’s retirees are younger, richer, fitter, healthier and better educated than previous generations of retirees. They also have much higher expectations. The aim of this blog is to help you get the vital, healthy, prosperous, productive and fulfilling retirement that you really want (and deserve).Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Osteoporosis risk formula devised - BBC News article
Australian scientists have devised a formula that can predict, with 75% accuracy, the risk of bone fractures in people suffering osteoporosis. The scientists involved were able to develop their predictive formula by taking into account factors such as bone density levels and the number of previous fractures sustained.
Lead author of the study, Margaret Henry, from the University of Melbourne said:
"The ability to predict fracture risk, based on simple clinical measurements, will assist in targeting treatment for people at highest risk, thus helping reduce the burden of this disease."
Read the full report here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5377400.stm.
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