January 19, 2011
Antiresorptives are the most common and best known Osteoporosis medications. Antiresorptives slow down the Osteoclasts. They target the Osteoclasts and prevent them from eating away (resorbing) the bone. They come...
January 17, 2011
If Calcium and Vitamin D and Multiple Vitamins are not enough to treat your Osteoporosis, you will need to take a specific Osteoporosis Medication. It is very important to take...
January 12, 2011
Bone Mineral Density is the amount of calcium and similar minerals in each square cm of bone. This is a 2 dimensional picture. The bone is actually 3 dimensional. This...
January 11, 2011
Vertebral Fracture Assessment or VFA is based on viewing the spine from the side. This side view compliments DXA and BMD by detecting Vertebral Compression Fractures, which are an indication...
January 10, 2011
Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry or DXA measures Bone Mineral Density or BMD. Tests on DXA machines are commonly called bone density scans. These machines became available over 20 years ago. The...
January 8, 2011
Your Total daily intake of Calcium should be 1200 to 1500 mg. That is 4 to 5 – 8 oz glasses of milk every day. Or you can have other...
January 7, 2011
In 2010 the “Optimal” level most often quoted at National Osteoporosis Foundation and at American Society for Bone Mineral Research was 32 to 100ng/ml. This is markedly different from the...
January 5, 2011
I became interested in preventing osteoporosis because weak bones break easily. As an orthopedic surgeon I tried to put them back together. A Styrofoam coffee cup is stronger than some...
January 4, 2011
Osteoporosis is the cause of Fragility Fracture in over half of all women and a quarter of all men during their lifetimes. The bad news is that serious Fragility Fractures...
January 3, 2011
Vitamin D has been called the Sunshine Vitamin. Most people can make some vitamin D if they get enough mid-day sunshine, but there are problems. The atmosphere blocks the UV...