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...
February 7, 2011
Antiresorptive medications for osteoporosis preserve the bone you have. They slow down the Osteoclast cells that eat away bone. They slow down “Osteoclasts Gone Wild”. This markedly slows down bone...
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...
January 11, 2011
Vertebral Fracture Assessment or VFA is based on viewing the spine from the side. This side view compliments DXA and BMD by detecting Vertebral Compression Fractures, which are an indication...
January 10, 2011
Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry or DXA measures Bone Mineral Density or BMD. Tests on DXA machines are commonly called bone density scans. These machines became available over 20 years ago. The...