Healthcare for servicewomen on military missions.

Increases in the number of women in critical positions on military missions place new demands for specialised healthcare services to promote performance. The main health problems servicewomen facing are musculoskeletal injuries, reproductive diseases, iron deficiency and mental health problems. Herein, we propose several suggestions based on the rich experiences of our hospital.

[The compliance in elderly male with osteoporosis treated with oral alendronate].

Objective: To explore the compliance in elderly male with osteoporosis treated with oral alendronate and analyze the factors which affect the therapeutic compliance.

Methods: A total of 145 elderly male patients diagnosed with osteoporosis who had been initiated the treatment of oral alendronate in our clinic during January to June in 2011 were enrolled in the study. The medication compliance of one year was investigated.