It’s called a silent disease, because we most likely won’t feel pain or weakness until a fracture occurs.
October 20th is World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis can affect anyone over 50, even vibrant and athletic women. A hunched back may appear in advanced cases, but most of us don’t show outward signs of bone loss at all. That’s what makes this bone disease invisible and potential bone breaks so serious.
Spinal fractures are the most common, yet heavily undiagnosed, because height loss and back pain are often associated with aging or strain.
This lack of diagnosis leads to a domino effect where patients are 5-times more likely to break another bone within a year after their first osteoporotic fracture.
Talk to your healthcare provider about osteoporosis screening and treatment.
Find more at WomenInGovernment.org.
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Women In Government Foundation, Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization of women state legislators that provides leadership opportunities, expert forums, and educational resources to address and resolve complex public policy issues to all women state legislators across the country.
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It’s called a silent disease, because we most likely won’t feel pain or weakness until a fracture occurs.
October 20th is World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis can affect anyone over 50, even vibrant and athletic women. A hunched back may appear in advanced cases, but most of us don’t show outward signs of bone loss at all. That’s what makes this bone disease invisible and potential bone breaks so serious.
Spinal fractures are the most common, yet heavily undiagnosed, because height loss and back pain are often associated with aging or strain.
This lack of diagnosis leads to a domino effect where patients are 5-times more likely to break another bone within a year after their first osteoporotic fracture.
Talk to your healthcare provider about osteoporosis screening and treatment.
Find more at WomenInGovernment.org.
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Women In Government Foundation, Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization of women state legislators that provides leadership opportunities, expert forums, and educational resources to address and resolve complex public policy issues to all women state legislators across the country.
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For more information, please visit womeningovernment.org
Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions, osuchluck.com
Type 2 Inflammation: Health Disparities & Impact on Minority Populations
Women In Government Podcast
33 minutes 24 seconds
4 years ago
Type 2 Inflammation: Health Disparities & Impact on Minority Populations
Women In Government Podcast
Type 2 Inflammation: Health Disparities & Impact on Minority Populations
People living with type 2 inflammatory diseases often feel limited by unpredictable symptoms and isolated in their experiences. For example, the condition can contribute to the debilitating itch of atopic dermatitis or (AD), and sometimes life-threatening asthma attacks, or the loss of smell and taste associated with chronic rhinosinusitis or (CRS) with nasal polyps. Living with these chronic diseases and searching for control, people have looked for answers and found few.
On this episode of the Women In Government Podcast, our panel discusses the health disparities of this chronic condition, the disproportionate impact on minority populations, and the prevalence of this disease across the country.
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MODERATOR: Illinois State Senator, Mattie Hunter, Midwestern Regional Director, WIG Board of Directors
GUEST #1: Dr. Gary Puckrein, Ph.D., President, National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF)
GUEST #2: Kenny Mendez, CEO and President, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
GUEST #3: Dr. Debra Sierka, PharmD., Head of Dermatology, US Medical Affairs, Sanofi Genzyme
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For more information, please visit www.womeningovernment.org
Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions, www.osuchluck.com
Women In Government Podcast
It’s called a silent disease, because we most likely won’t feel pain or weakness until a fracture occurs.
October 20th is World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis can affect anyone over 50, even vibrant and athletic women. A hunched back may appear in advanced cases, but most of us don’t show outward signs of bone loss at all. That’s what makes this bone disease invisible and potential bone breaks so serious.
Spinal fractures are the most common, yet heavily undiagnosed, because height loss and back pain are often associated with aging or strain.
This lack of diagnosis leads to a domino effect where patients are 5-times more likely to break another bone within a year after their first osteoporotic fracture.
Talk to your healthcare provider about osteoporosis screening and treatment.
Find more at WomenInGovernment.org.
••••• ••••• •••••
Women In Government Foundation, Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization of women state legislators that provides leadership opportunities, expert forums, and educational resources to address and resolve complex public policy issues to all women state legislators across the country.
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For more information, please visit womeningovernment.org
Audio courtesy of OSUCHLUCK Productions, osuchluck.com
