Diabetes + High BMD = Brittle Bone

Patients with poorly controlled Diabetes and high blood sugar levels often have bone with above average Bone Mineral Density (BMD).  This is good?  WRONG !! High blood sugars lead to...

Vitamin D Level 2015 – Aim for 40 to 80 ng/ml

Determining the correct 25-hydroxy Vitamin D level is still a work in progress.  In the 8 years I have been attending meetings, we have made considerable progress.  NOF 2007 was...

“But Protein Makes Me Fat”

Protein is necessary for strong bone and muscle.  Two patients complained that they were gaining weight when they added enough Protein for good bone health to their diets. That was...

Any Fracture => Bone Health Evaluation

Any fracture, especially after age 50, in a woman or a man, requires a Complete Bone Health Evaluation.  This was preached from the podium at the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) meeting last...

Keep Your Dad Fracture Free For Fathers’ Day

Do better than another shirt or tie for Fathers’ Day.  Make sure your Dad stays Fracture Free!  What?  Men don’t have Osteoporosis or Fractures.  But they do! 25% of all...

National Fracture Prevention Foundation

Fracture Prevention was the theme at NOF (National Osteoporosis Foundation) this year.  This has always been their goal, but it has not been well communicated. Fractures are bad.  Fractures are painful. ...

Kids Learn About Bone Health

The Imaginarium (Children’s Science Museum) at the Grout Museum in Waterloo, IA is teaching bone health this summer.  Good choices for bone health during growing years are the best way...

Happy Mother’s Day

What can you do for your mother?  Mother’s Day is when you thank your mother for all that she did for you.  Seriously?  That is too much to accomplish in just one...

Great Bone Health Without Calcium ??? Dream On !!

We recently saw yet another patient who longs for great bone health, but just cannot manage to eat dairy or take Calcium Supplements.  This is a problem! While the basic collagen structure...