June 29, 2013
CBC is Complete Blood Count. That means red cells, white cells, and platelets. A normal CBC eliminates diseases of the bone marrow such as leukemia or myeloma, both of which...
March 7, 2013
“Men are from Mars”, so March is a good time to think about men, the overlooked minority in osteoporosis. The American Journal of Men’s Health has published a study of...
February 20, 2013
Increased Fracture Risk is Clinical Osteoporosis. Clinical Osteoporosis is a diagnosis. It is a chronic medical condition that you have for the rest of your life, like high blood pressure....
January 1, 2013
Happy New Year. This is the first day of the rest of your life. If you could...
December 4, 2012
Bone that has Fractured = Bone NOT Good Enough = Bone which requires the Anabolic, Forteo. Any fracture, especially vertebral compression fracture, can mean that the bone is NOT Good...
November 30, 2012
How do you know when an Antiresorptive medication is best? First, the situation needs to be beyond the capability to Take Control Naturally with Calcium Citrate and Vitamin D3 alone....
November 15, 2012
I have been on the road with presentations in South Dakota and Southern Illinois recently. SD is state # 10 for me. I teach health care providers about the role...
November 4, 2012
25-hydroxy Vitamin D level recommendations for patients were plentiful at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2012 meeting. Many opinions. Little agreement. Research presented was usually observational....
October 5, 2012
A fragility fracture is a fracture which happens from minor trauma. A stress fracture happens from repeated normal daily activities, like walking or going up or down stairs. This is...
August 23, 2012
I recently saw a patient who has not improved her Bone Mineral Density despite 2 years of Forteo followed by 3 years of Reclast. The good news is that she stopped...