{"id":14521,"date":"2019-05-28T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=14521"},"modified":"2019-05-27T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:00:19","slug":"american-heart-association-says-many-stroke-patients-not-screened-for-osteoporosis-despite-known-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2019\/05\/28\/american-heart-association-says-many-stroke-patients-not-screened-for-osteoporosis-despite-known-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"American Heart Association says Many Stroke Patients not screened for Osteoporosis, despite known risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanDallas, TX<\/strong> – The majority of stroke<\/a> survivors are not screened or treated for osteoporosis, broken bones, or fall risk \u2014 despite stroke being a risk factor for these conditions. The risk is up to four times greater than in healthy people, according to new research in the American Heart Association\u2019s journal Stroke.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stroke survivors often face reduced mobility \u2014 a trait that decreases bone mineral density and increases risk for bone breaks.<\/p>\n

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Many stroke survivors have an increased risk of osteoporosis, falls or breaks when compared to healthy people. (American Heart Association)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Less than one-third of older women living in the United States are screened for osteoporosis and the treatment rate for some high-risk patients tops out at 30 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur study adds to previous research that found despite an increased risk, only a small number of people who have recently had a stroke are tested and treated for osteoporosis,\u201d said Moira Kapral, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC, lead author of the study and professor of medicine <\/a>and director of the division of general internal medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada.<\/p>\n

Researchers identified stroke survivors age 65 and older who either had visited the emergency department or had been hospitalized for strokes (ischemic<\/a> or intracerebral hemorrhage<\/a>) between July 1st, 2003 and March 31st, 2013 at 11 regional stroke centers throughout Ontario, Canada from the Ontario Stroke Registry. Using administrative databases allowed researchers to link the registry with information about bone mineral density testing, prescription medications and deaths.<\/p>\n

Of the 16,581 stroke survivors included in the study, only:<\/h3>\n