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Postmenopausal osteoporosis affects millions of women, being estrogen deficiency the key factor in the pathogenesis of involutional osteoporosis. Fracture prevention is one of the public health priorities worldwide. Different treatments for osteoporosis are available. The various options are aime...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether current influenza vaccination is associated with reduced risk of major vascular events in patients with recent ischemic stroke or TIA of mainly atherothrombotic origin. METHODS: Data were pooled from 2 prospective cohort studies, the OPTIC Registry (n = 3,635) and...

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of MS in Chile by examining the hospitalizations across all geographical regions of the country and to examine whether there is a correlation between these rates and the latitude or ultraviolet radiation. METHODS: This is a descriptive study examining the nationa...