March 7, 2012
What determines “osteoporosis”? Is it DXA and BMD? Perhaps VFA and the lateral spine? What is the importance of Kyphosis? When is a collapsed vertebra a fracture? These are all...
January 26, 2012
The researchers for the New England Journal of Medicine article about DXA counted only those few vertebral (spine) fractures that were recognized as fractures. Most vertebral fractures, especially in older women...
January 23, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine has just published a study of DXA results. The researchers have interpreted the results as a reason to stop testing women with DXA. The...
July 18, 2011
You want to take control of your own bone health destiny to avoid osteoporosis. You want to do it “naturally” without modern pharmaceuticals. This is often possible. But how do...
May 7, 2011
Today we are offering free Osteoporosis Screening at a Health Fair. We are using Heel Ultrasound. This is good, but not as accurate a test as hip and spine DXA...
April 6, 2011
I was an orthopedic surgeon for 30 years before I started to treat osteoporosis. I started because most physicians in my area only treated DXA t-scores. I wanted to treat...
April 4, 2011
I have been a Certified Clinical Densitometrist for 4 years. Before that I read spine and hip x-rays for 30+ years as an orthopedic surgeon. Now I know that I...
February 24, 2011
Vertebral Compression Fractures represent an area of changing understanding of Osteoporosis. As an orthopaedic surgeon, I understand that a fracture is a fracture whether it occurs all at once or...
January 21, 2011
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new guidelines for screening for Osteoporosis by using DXA to test for Bone Mineral Density. These are more restrictive than current National...
January 12, 2011
Bone Mineral Density is the amount of calcium and similar minerals in each square cm of bone. This is a 2 dimensional picture. The bone is actually 3 dimensional. This...