Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

Mark Twain and others have said:  “There are Lies, there are Damn Lies, and then there are Statistics”.  That is the danger when we use Statistics (Meta-Analyses) as a basis...

Low Vitamin D Levels and Cancer

Several years ago researchers discovered that women with breast cancer had much lower blood levels of Vitamin D than women without breast cancer.  Another study showed that, among women being...

Different Doses – Different Names

We have talked about Reclast and Prolia, two meds for osteoporosis.  We have not talked about Zometa and Xgeva, two meds for prevention and treatment of cancer spreading to bone...

Prolia for Men Too – A Few Men

Prolia has been available for postmenopausal women for 2 years.  It is the only Antiresorptive appropriate for persons with both reflux disease (GERD) and decreased renal function (mild kidney failure). ...