Adherence to bisphosphonate therapy in postmenopausal osteoporotic women.

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease caused by a decrease in the bone mineral density. It is a major public health threat as it weakens bones, especially those in the wrist, spine, or hip, and causes them to break easily.

Aim: The study aimed to find how strictly postmenopausal women with osteoporosis adhere to a long-term therapy with bisphosphonates.

The macrophage activation syndrome: a new entity, a potentially fatal complication of rheumatic disorders.

To review the precipitating events, clinical feature, treatment and outcome of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). Activation of macrophages resulting from the secondary hemophagocytic syndrome is a rarely reported complication. It was first described in rheumatic diseases in children.