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As the population ages, osteoporosis could become a bigger problem in the United States.
Saturday is World Osteoporosis Awareness Day and doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center are trying to get the message across and promote screening for this disease.
Emily Carmody is the Director of the URMC Osteoporosis Clinic. She explains that many people have never been treated or screened and do not know they have osteoporosis until they have fractured.
"We are currently treating about 300,000 hip fractures in the United States caused by osteoporosis."
Carmody says secondary fractures are risky because they increase the risk of death and reduce mobility.
She says that 25% of women over 65 have it and they do not even know it. Education is therefore essential to prevent and maintain the disease.
"Make sure people are consuming calcium and vitamin D, and actually informing patients about medications, their potential side effects, which are very low."
Carmody says that they often fight wrong information about drugs and their side effects.
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