Osteoporosis costs $37 billion a year for the EU

Osteoporosis (ANSAmed) – Rome, 17 APR – costs each year to the European Union 37 billion, but the figure lievitera ‘ if not increase prevention efforts. This was stated by a report of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, presented in Rome in the largest European Conference on the disease. 66% Of this figure, expected to increase by 25% in the next 10 years, is due to the immediate attention of fractures, 5% for the drug prevention, treatments in the long run of 29%. All rights reserved