Haas P - Osteoporosis is a serious health issue for men, as well as for women, yet it's "substantially underdiagnosed, undertreated and underreported" among male patients, according to a new clinical practice guideline from ACP. The guideline strongly recommends that physicians periodically evaluate their older male patients for osteoporosis risk factors and order dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, for men at increased risk who would be willing and able to take drugs to treat the condition.
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