Calling into question the practice of preventing and treating fractures in the elderly.

November 7, 2023

There are three attached articles that I wanted to share to add perspective to how we dance with health and our health care system - today specifically bone health.

The first two articles are from Teppo Jarvinen, a professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital. The third is a study on how exercise effectively prevents falls and fractures.

1. Is boosting bone mass through pharmacotherapy really the best way to prevent fractures in the elderly?

2. Labelling people as 'High Risk': A tyranny of eminence

3. The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes on fall induced injuries in community dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials