06/11/2019 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez
In this nationwide, population-based cohort study, researchers from China Medical University in Taiwan investigated the potential of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to decrease the rate of osteoporotic fracture. The results of their study were published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that TCM might have a positive impact on the prevention of osteoporotic fracture.
Read the full study at this link.
Journal Reference:
Wang YC, Chiang JH, Hsu HC, Tsai CH. DECREASED FRACTURE INCIDENCE WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS: A NATIONWIDE POPULATION-BASED COHORT STUDY. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 04 February 2019;19(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-019-2446-3
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