June 21, 2012
I see many patients who have failed to improve on osteoporosis medications. The vast majority of those patients are not getting enough Calcium and Vitamin D to succeed. Osteoporosis medication...
June 8, 2012
My patient desperately wants to avoid taking medication for her worsening osteoporosis. She considers medications to be unnatural. She has already maintained her 25-hydroxy Vitamin D level above 40 ng/mL...
May 7, 2012
Americans suffer 2 million low trauma “fragility” fractures a year. “Bone Attack” is much more common than heart attack. “Bone Attack is a warning, in the same way that heart...
April 24, 2012
Osteoporotic Fractures disable, disfigure, and kill more women each year than breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke combined. Half of all women over age 50 will suffer an Osteoporotic (Fragility)...
April 21, 2012
Can you still Prevent Osteoporosis? Or do you have to Treat it? Do you need medications? Or can you Take Control Naturally? Your age and past actions are huge factors. ...
April 2, 2012
Osteoporosis is scary. Few persons are aware of their diagnosis until after a major fracture, such as a hip fracture. Osteoporosis is defined as an Increased Fracture Risk. You can...
March 16, 2012
The secret ingredient which incrreases Bone Mineral Density in some “Natural Supplements” sold in the US is Strontium Citrate. Strontium has more than twice the atomic weight of Calcium. Bone...
March 3, 2012
How can we Avoid Osteoporosis? That was the question at the “Blue Zones” meeting this week. The Blue Zones technique is to adopt healthy lifestyles leading to longer, healthier, happier...
February 14, 2012
Valentine’s Day is Heart Day. But did you know that Vitamin D is good for your heart? I didn’t until my cardiologist gave me a “state of the art” paper from...
January 15, 2012
My wife and I have just completed a week of “sitting” our 17 month old grandson, RJ. Very little sitting was involved except when he climbed on a lap to...