June 27, 2014
24% of men over 50 will suffer a fracture due to Clinical Osteoporosis. More than 3/4 of them will have a DXA score of “osteopenia” or “normal”. DXA is not...
June 20, 2014
50% of women over age 50 will suffer a fracture due to Clinical Osteoporosis. More than 3/4 of them will have a DXA score of “osteopenia”. DXA is not the...
June 6, 2014
A patient had no idea why her doc sent her to me for a Complete Bone Health Evaluation. As a “baby-boomer”, she lives by the motto: “You are only as...
May 11, 2014
Mothers give a lot to their children – even their bones! That is a hidden sacrifice, and a great gift. That is why it is important to maximize your Bone...
May 6, 2014
The Second Fracture can be prevented. How? Realize that your first fracture is a “Bone Attack” – a warning to start working on your Bone Health. The National Osteoporosis Foundation...
April 18, 2014
If you want to learn a lot about bone health, there is a book for you: “The Complete Book of Bone Health”. Diane L Schneider, MD is a former associate...
April 11, 2014
Katie Bries, ARNP, taught the Bone Health section for the Nurse Practitioner students at Allen College this year. She did a great job covering the basics. Unfortunately, she had time...
April 7, 2014
Last week a patient lamented that according to TV and Radio, “just about everything is bad for me”. So we discussed that reporters are paid to get people to watch...
March 27, 2014
If you have a Heart Attack or a Stroke (Brain Attack), you don’t say it was an accident. You check out your heart or blood pressure to see what is...
February 27, 2014
The International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) met last week. Our society has been dedicated to properly evaluating DXA to determine Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and t-score. Now ISCD is taking...