21% Bone Density Recovery... Latest Osteoporosis Treatment Captures Even Ultra-High-Risk Groups (September 11, 9:55 PM, EBS 1TV)

If you want to walk on your own until the day you die, protect your bone health!

- Fractures that arrive without a sound, could you also have osteoporosis? - Does the use of 'steroids' cause osteoporosis? - Osteoporosis, captured with a groundbreaking 'latest treatment'!

"My ribs broke just from a light tap with my hand" "I developed osteoporosis after taking steroids for a long time" "I overcame osteoporosis after receiving injections for a year"

An era of 1.3 million osteoporosis patients! While osteoporosis is known to primarily affect middle-aged and elderly women, recently the number of male, young, and underweight patients has been increasing, making it a disease that no one can feel safe from, regardless of age.

The scary thing about osteoporosis is that it has no symptoms, so if left alone, you could suffer fractures without even knowing it! In particular, in the case of 'hip fractures,' the mortality rate is higher than cancer, and a single fracture can make movement difficult. To walk with my own strength until the last moment, how should I manage my bone health? From groundbreaking latest treatments that capture osteoporosis to exercise methods and diets, we look into ways to overcome osteoporosis.

In the EBS 'If you want to walk on your own until the day you die, protect your bone health!' episode, we learn about the diagnostic criteria, risk factors, and latest treatments for osteoporosis with Professor Kim Bum-jun, an authority in osteoporosis treatment.

* Broadcast Date/Time: September 11, 2026 (Friday) 9:55 PM, EBS 1TV

Osteoporosis that arrives without a sound! Are men no exception?

A 62-year-old man who has worked in a factory day and night has experienced as many as four fractures in the last two years. His ribs and pelvis were fractured from only small impacts, such as being tapped by a hand or falling lightly! Having experienced unimaginable pain every time a fracture occurred, he eventually underwent surgery to insert an 'artificial hip.' After the fracture, he was diagnosed with 'osteoporosis' at the hospital. While osteoporosis is known to primarily affect menopausal women, men are now being diagnosed with osteoporosis due to various causes! In this patient's case, long-term use of 'steroids' was the cause. What are the risk factors that call for osteoporosis besides steroids? Also, what kind of tests should be taken to detect osteoporosis before a fracture occurs? Let's check directly with the Master.

Osteoporosis, captured with highly effective latest treatments!

A 57-year-old woman who believed she was healthier than anyone else. She discovered osteoporosis by chance through a health checkup. She was even in the 'ultra-high-risk group' with a very high risk of fracture! If so, is it impossible to reverse bones once they have weakened? Surprisingly, after one year of treatment, this patient's bone density improved by as much as 21%. It improved from 'severe osteoporosis' to 'osteopenia,' the pre-stage of osteoporosis... How was this possible? As bone-forming agents that newly form bone have become common recently, the results of osteoporosis treatment are improving noticeably. In particular, ultra-high-risk patients with a high risk of fracture are now able to improve bone density and lower the risk of fracture in a short period of time. We look into in detail with the Master which patients need the latest osteoporosis treatments and what their effects are.

Misconceptions and truths about osteoporosis treatments

The most widely used drug among current osteoporosis treatments is 'bone resorption inhibitors.' As new drugs continue to emerge in the category of bone resorption inhibitors, they are playing an important role in increasing the success rate of osteoporosis treatment. A 67-year-old woman saw an improvement of about 7% in bone density after treatment with a 'bone resorption inhibitor.' Bone resorption inhibitors can be expected to have a bone density increase effect of about 3-7% annually. As osteoporosis treatments have developed breakthroughs like this recently, an era has opened where osteoporosis can be overcome and the risk of fracture can be greatly reduced. The problem is that the treatment rate among patients who are aware of their osteoporosis is only in the 30% range. The reason for such a low treatment rate is that osteoporosis has almost no symptoms, and there are great concerns about side effects, such as the jawbone necrosing when receiving osteoporosis treatment. What is the truth? We listen to the Master regarding the misconceptions and truths surrounding osteoporosis treatments.

In the EBS 'If you want to walk on your own until the day you die, protect your bone health!' episode, we learn about various ways to protect bone health, the foundation of a happy old age, with Professor Kim Bum-jun, an endocrinology specialist and authority in osteoporosis treatment.

The EBS 'If you want to walk on your own until the day you die, protect your bone health!' episode will be broadcast on EBS 1TV on September 11 (Friday) at 9:55 PM and can be rewatched on the EBS website.

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◆ At a Glance

· Issuing Institution: EBS

· Category: Master

· Distribution: September 10

Source: EBS Press Release

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