Osteoporosis Screenings Done too Frequently in U.S.?

Two words: Anabolic Clinic.

Screening for osteoporosis, if used as frequently as current guidelines suggest, may be doing more harm than good, an influential task force said.

How both conditions can decrease bone density.
The bone disease can be disabling to elderly people, and even threaten their lives after a hip fracture. As many as half of all Americans aged 50 or over will be at risk for osteoporotic fractures during their lifetimes, according to a 2004 Surgeon General's report.

Medications can help and doctors are continually looking for ways to detect the disease earlier.

But when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reviewed 33 studies on osteoporosis screenings, it said it could not find enough evidence to show whether the current screening guidelines are more helpful than hurtful.

What has been shown is that anabolic steroids can help prevent the development of osteoporosis and if you have it, they can help reverse the bone loss.

Screening - not necessary.

Prevention - necessary.

Reversal - necessary.

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