In the Autumn issue:
Hormone replacement therapy – Where are we now?
Before the licensing of the first bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis back in the 1990s, HRT was the major option for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in women after the menopause. But how have things changed over the past 20 years? Helpline nurse Julia Thomson finds out.
Does your ethnic background affect your bone health?
Do our race and ethnic origin affect our chances of developing osteoporosis? Is our bone health and risk of breaking bones all down to our parents’ genes and where we live? Helpline nurse Tina Stoodley looks at the effect of our race and ethnicity on osteoporosis and bone health.
My day with osteoporosis
Osteoporosis News Editor Dom Hall spent some time in a suit designed to give junior doctors an idea of what it feels like to have osteoporosis and fragile bones. Find out how he got on…
Plus! New osteoporosis drug trial, Q&A on calcium supplements, member Georgina Johnson on life with osteopenia, autumn recipe, Osteoporosis and Bone conference research report and much more.