🌟 Host: Kelly Geer Ripken, National Chair of A Woman's Journey
🌍 Organization: Johns Hopkins Medicine
📅 Event: Monthly webcast series, "Conversations that Matter"
🦴 Definition: A systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to increased fragility and susceptibility to fractures.
📉 Statistics:
💔 Consequences: Fractures can lead to hospitalization, surgery, and decreased quality of life, often resulting in complications and mortality.
🔍 Who should be screened?
🥗 Dietary Recommendations:
🏋️♀️ Exercise: Engage in weight-bearing activities like walking, resistance training, and balance exercises.
💊 Medications:
⚠️ Side Effects: Common concerns include bone pain, flu-like symptoms, and rare complications like osteonecrosis of the jaw.
🔬 Current Research: Focus on personalized treatment plans, understanding bone quality, and optimizing medication use.
💬 Questions: Viewers are encouraged to ask questions and seek further information on osteoporosis management.
📧 Follow-Up: Answers to unanswered questions will be provided via email in approximately two weeks.
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