Jan 31 2024 76 mins
You don't see your bones melting in a hot bath, so usually osteoporosis is diagnosed too late. 20% of people with an osteoporotic fracture will die within a year.
- 1 woman out of 2 will develop osteoporosis after menopause
- 1-2 men out of 5 will develop osteoporosis
- but more men die of the consequences of osteoporosis
Now, this can change. You may act against it earlier.
You’ll hear about
- til what age you build your bone mass
- what is osteoporosis and how to diagnose it
- how to predict osteoporotic fracture risk years before it happens
- to buy you time and prevent it
Prof. Didier Hans is the CEO of Medimaps Group. A medical physicist with over 25 years of experience in dual-energy X-ray bone architecture ultrasound imaging techniques. He can talk hours about osteoporosis and bone and body composition.
Medimaps Group is a Swiss scaleup that developed TBS iNsight, software that in 3 seconds adds Trabecular Bone Score (hence TBS) to the regular DEXA bone screening and helps detect an additional 30% of patients at osteoporotic fracture risk.
https://www.medimapsgroup.com
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