Osteoporosis
What research knows about osteoporosis comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.
New diagnoses
No published yearly count in the evidence yet.
What patients usually have
The records behind osteoporosis
Baseline DXA bone density scan when starting treatment
once, when starting treatment
guidelineDXA-based vertebral fracture assessment (VFA)
with a DXA scan, for men 70 and over and women 60 and over
guidelineOral bisphosphonate prescription (alendronate, ibandronate, risedronate)
continuous for at least 5 years, then re-assess fracture risk
guidelineRoutine blood tests at investigation (full blood count, vitamin D, thyroid function and others)
at investigation
guideline
What sharing it is worth
$92
per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $92 to $1,169
- Your health story$23how
- Scan reportsx2$4.86how
- Medication historyx1$2.33how
- Lab resultsx1$0.24how
- Richness premium (4 kinds of data linked)x3how
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