Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which there is reduced bone mass, so bones become brittle with an increased risk of fracture. It is estimated that between 96 000 and 225 000 Norwegian women have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis leads to three main types of fracture. Fracture of the hip and forearm are often a combination of fall and osteoporosis. Spinal fractures are often due to compression of the vertebrae.
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Annually, about 9 000 adult Norwegians break a hip and about 15 000 break a wrist. A large number of people also have vertebral fractures. Women in Oslo have the highest risk of fracture injuries in the world. Osteoporosis is a major contributory factor to the majority of fractures in older people.
Read more [18.03.2009]
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From the end of the 1970s to the late 1990s there was a significant reduction in the incidence of hip and distal forearm fractures among Oslo women in the early phase after menopause. Part of this decline can be explained by the large increase in the use of hormone replacement therapy after menopause in the same period, a new study shows.
Read more [19.09.2008]
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Obesity and weight increase leads to an increased risk of many chronic diseases, and the advice is therefore to maintain a stable healthy weight. Now, research shows that there may be disadvantages to being thin. Men who have low weight in middle age and who reduce their weight, increase the chance of osteoporosis and fracture. This is shown in data from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the University of Tromsø.
Read more [18.09.2008]
New research
Does frequent dieting increase the risk for forearm fractures? This question was investigated in a follow-up study of 4600 men over a 28 year period by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Read more [04.03.2008]