June 3, 2014
Are your bones still good enough and just need to be maintained? Or have you fractured several times and need to rebuild your bones? Are Steroid Inhalers supressing your Osteoblasts...
May 17, 2014
Fracture Risk is the elephant in the room. Fractures can keep you from doing what you want for weeks or months. Fractures can put you in a Nursing Home, sometimes...
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 23, 2014
Tomorrow I am at the 2014 National Osteoporosis Foundation meeting. Actually the name “National Prevent Fractures Organization” would better explain our goals. We don’t care about Osteoporosis as much as...
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...
March 17, 2014
Last time we discussed the disabilities caused by “humpback” kyphosis. A major factor in “humpback” is weak back muscles. Upright posture decreases the strain of gravity pulling you forward. Strong...
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...
February 21, 2014
Dr Neil Binkley took this line from politics in his address to the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) joint meeting yesterday. Dr Binkley is known...