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Osteoporosis and Menopause

Physicians are to see bone loss in women after the age of 50, affirms Dr. Michelle Starke, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida. With a digital imaging, the specialist describes how the femur fracture occurs. She affirms most of the time, it happens in the neck of the femur. She recommends checking bone density.

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