Screening for bone fracture risk should be routine for over-40s with HIV, new guidelines recommend

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Published: 02 February 2015

Screening for fracture risk should be a routine part of HIV care for all over-40s, and all postmenopausal women, all men over 50 and people at high risk for fractures of any age should undergo DEXA screening to assess bone mineral density and their need for treatment, experts on bone disorders recommend in new guidelines published online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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By J Pope

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