Long-running fractures study doubles as a bountiful women’s health data source

Rosaly Correa-De-Araujo, Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology (DGCG)

More than one third of older adults fall each year. The risk of falling and fall-related problems like fractures and loss of mobility rises with age and is affected by other health conditions and some medications.

A rich collection of data and samples from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF), one of the most influential and long-running studies of its kind, is now available from NIA’s AgingResearchBiobank, offering decades of women’s health data that goes far beyond broken bones. Read the full blog post.