May 7, 2011
Today we are offering free Osteoporosis Screening at a Health Fair. We are using Heel Ultrasound. This is good, but not as accurate a test as hip and spine DXA...
April 18, 2011
Friday I presented at the Iowa Orthopaedic Society Spring Educational Meeting. Most of the orthopedic surgeons present are interested in making sure their fragility fracture patients are treated for osteoporosis,...
April 7, 2011
When I was in medical school over 40 years ago, we understood that old bones got soft and crumbled. In the spine that crumbling often took years. The vertebrae grew...
April 6, 2011
I was an orthopedic surgeon for 30 years before I started to treat osteoporosis. I started because most physicians in my area only treated DXA t-scores. I wanted to treat...
April 4, 2011
I have been a Certified Clinical Densitometrist for 4 years. Before that I read spine and hip x-rays for 30+ years as an orthopedic surgeon. Now I know that I...
March 23, 2011
Last week I had 2 “shaddows” for 2 days each. They had lots of questions. Once again I had an opportunity to learn from those I am teaching.
February 18, 2011
You know that your patient was placed on Calcium Citrate, Vitamin D3 and medication after her first fragility fracture. Now she is back with another fracture. You notice that none...
February 17, 2011
Granny Smith has been a delightful patient last 2 years. You enjoyed operating and rehabbing her distal radius fracture 2 years ago. She was so cheerful and hard working getting...
February 16, 2011
The bone was mush. Pinning that hip fracture successfully took all the skill gained in years of surgeries. Sneaking this surgery in before office has made you late (again). Write...
February 6, 2011
This past week I went on the road to present information about osteoporosis identification and treatment to other doctors. Fortunately the big storm was finished the day before I headed...