Long-term Use of Steroid Creams Linked to Osteoporosis, Fractures
Higher doses of topical corticosteroids may increase risk of the brittle bone disease osteoporosis and associated fractures, according to research in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Investigators selected 129,682 osteoporosis cases and 34,999 major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) cases and matched them with 518,728 and 139,996 controls (without osteoporosis or MOF) by […]