Osteoporosis associated with eating disorders

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44.1 Introduction to eating disorders Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric disorders associated with both physical and psychosocial morbidity, with the highest prevalence in young adult and adolescent women . This…

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Who should be screened for osteoporosis?

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62.1 Introduction Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent increase in bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture…

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Evaluation of the osteoporosis patient

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61.1 Introduction Osteoporosis can be diagnosed by T-score, history of adulthood hip fracture, or vertebral or other fractures in the setting of a low bone mineral density (BMD) . Osteoporosis…

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Sleep disorders and osteoporosis

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60.1 Introduction Sleep is critical for life. Sleep and its relationship with our internal circadian system is increasingly recognized as an important factor in optimal human health—the 2017 Nobel prize…

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Human immunodeficiency virus and osteoporosis

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49.1 Aging and human immunodeficiency virus With the availability of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the mid-1990s, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transformed from a fatal disease into a manageable chronic…

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Osteoporosis in organ transplant patients

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52.1 The bone remodeling system As transplantation osteoporosis results from alterations in the bone remodeling system, a review of normal bone remodeling is helpful to understanding the pathogenesis of this…

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