{"id":4300,"date":"2026-11-09T16:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4300"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:22:25","slug":"questions-to-ask-if-youve-been-diagnosed-with-osteoporosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4300","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask If You\u2019ve Been Diagnosed with Osteoporosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/media-library\/doctor-consulting-woman-patient-for-healthcare.jpg?id=68640931&amp;width=980\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>About 8 million women in the U.S. are living with osteoporosis, and half of all women over 50 with the disease will break a bone because of it. Being diagnosed with osteoporosis can be overwhelming, but it\u2019s important to be informed about the disease. The first step? Talking to your clinician.<\/p>\n<p>Shared decision-making between you and your clinician can help you take steps to reduce the risk for fracture and find treatment options that may help reduce bone loss.<\/p>\n<p>It might be helpful for you to use these questions as a starting point to discuss treatment options \u2014 and their benefits, risks and costs \u2014 with your clinician to see which options are best for you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-link\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms\/files\/114417\/OSTEO_Discussion%20Guide_11.6.26.pdf?rand=1794239649659\" target=\"_blank\">Downloadable Resource: Questions to Ask If You\u2019ve Been Diagnosed with Osteoporosis &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em><em>This educational resource was created with support from Sandoz, a HealthyWomen Corporate Advisory Council member.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthywomen.org\/topics\/questions-to-ask-osteoporosis-diagnosis\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 8 million women in the U.S. are living with osteoporosis, and half of all women over 50 with the disease will break a bone because of it. Being diagnosed with osteoporosis can be overwhelming, but it\u2019s important to be informed about the disease. The first step? Talking to your clinician. Shared decision-making between you and your clinician can help you take steps to reduce the risk for fracture and find treatment options that may help reduce bone loss. It might be helpful for you to use these questions as a starting point to discuss treatment options \u2014 and their benefits, risks and costs \u2014 with your clinician to see which options are best for you. Downloadable Resource: Questions to Ask If You\u2019ve Been Diagnosed with Osteoporosis &gt;&gt; This educational resource was created with support from Sandoz, a HealthyWomen Corporate Advisory Council member. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}