Osteoporosis

Professor David M. Reid is a long-term leader in osteoporosis services and research in the UK. He has had heavy involvement in the National Osteoporosis Society as a chair of the Medical Board and non Vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees.Dr Alison J. Black has been involved in metabolic bone disease work since 1993. She has an MD on the effects of parathyroid hormone on bone and is a clinical lead in the Osteoporosis service for NHS Grampian.Rena Sandison has been an osteoporosis specialist nurse since 2005. She has a post graduate certificate in osteoporosis and falls management.

• 1. What is osteoporosis? ; 2. Who gets osteoporosis? ; 3. The diagnosis of osteoporosis ; 4. The management and medical treatments for osteoporosis - now and the future ; 5. Diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol and the prevention of falls ; 6. Osteoporotic fractures ; 7. The multidisciplinary team ; 8. Future developments in osteoporosis management ; 9. Useful contacts, further reading and glossary

...provides an...easy to read outline of osteoporosis and the anatomy and physiology of bones...who is at risk, and the potential causes...this book will be useful, not just to patients, but to anyone wanted to gain knowledge about osteoporosis.