In honor of Osteoporosis Month, this column is dedicated to examining osteoporosis and recent research to decrease risk of this secondary condition among people with disabilities. Despite the identification of osteoporosis as a secondary condition for people with disabilities that can be mitigated or prevented through early treatment (U.S. Surgeon General’s Report, 2005), little information is currently available regarding screening for osteoporosis in women with disabilities.

Read the entire article at http://www.ncpad.org/371/2075/Focus~on~Secondary~Condition~Prevention~~Osteoporosis~Risk
~and~Low~Bone~Mineral~Density~for~People~with~Disabilities, and contact Dr. Jennifer Rowland at jenrow@uic.edu or (312) 413-1850.