Osteoporosis Can Go Untreated in Heart Patients
Osteoporosis Can Go Untreated in Heart Patients
A new finds osteoporosis goes undiagnosed and untreated in about 1 in 10 heart failure patients.
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" A new study find osteoporosis. Or go undiagnosed and untreated in about one out of ten patients with heart failure that despite the fact that a heart patient or at a higher risk for fractures. Especially those with irregular heartbeat. Researchers say treating osteoporosis. Could reduce fractures by as much as 50% they say doctors need to look carefully at the bone and reviewing chest X -- of heart failure patient."
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