February 21, 2014
Dr Neil Binkley took this line from politics in his address to the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) joint meeting yesterday. Dr Binkley is known...
February 6, 2014
Primary HyperParaThyroidism is the result of one of the 4 Parathyroid glands going completely out of control. It grows in size and puts out increasing amounts of Parathyroid hormone. This...
January 30, 2014
Tertiary HyperParaThyroidism is becoming common among older individuals. Or maybe we are just beginning to notice what it really is. The blood tests are the same as Primary HyperParaThyroidism – high...
January 17, 2014
High ParaThyroid Hormone (PTH) levels take Calcium out of your Bones. This is good as an occasional event to cover short periods of low calcium intake. Bones store calcium for...
January 14, 2014
Fracturing once is enough. No one wants to fracture a second time. Yet, if you fracture once, you have proven that you probably have inadequate bone health, and you are...
January 4, 2014
DXA identifies only 15% of persons with increased Fracture Risk. Are you in the other 85%? To find out, you should get a Complete Bone Health Evaluation. And that is……....
October 30, 2013
Friday is the Go Red For Women in Waterloo, sponsored by the American Heart Association. Heart Disease is now recognized as a major health issue for women, as well as...
October 3, 2013
If you screen by DXA alone you fail to identify most of the individuals who will fracture. Over 80% of fracture patients over age 50 have “osteopenia” or “normal” as their Bone...
September 30, 2013
A Hip Fracture over age 70 is Very Bad. About 20% of women and over 30% of men die from their hip fracture. Some consider these to be the lucky ones....
September 20, 2013
This week a patient was delighted to know she had no bone worries – based on her t-score of -2.4 in her hips. Unfortunately she was very wrong! “Osteopenia” is just...