November 23, 2014
Wrong Question! What you should be managing is Fracture Risk. If you only look at Bone Mineral Density (BMD), you miss the chance to decrease Fracture Risk in the overwhelming...
June 27, 2014
24% of men over 50 will suffer a fracture due to Clinical Osteoporosis. More than 3/4 of them will have a DXA score of “osteopenia” or “normal”. DXA is not...
June 20, 2014
50% of women over age 50 will suffer a fracture due to Clinical Osteoporosis. More than 3/4 of them will have a DXA score of “osteopenia”. DXA is not the...
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...
October 3, 2013
If you screen by DXA alone you fail to identify most of the individuals who will fracture. Over 80% of fracture patients over age 50 have “osteopenia” or “normal” as their Bone...
September 20, 2013
This week a patient was delighted to know she had no bone worries – based on her t-score of -2.4 in her hips. Unfortunately she was very wrong! “Osteopenia” is just...
March 15, 2013
DXA has been the standard screening test for Osteoporosis in the USA for two decades. DXA is easy to obtain and the computer print-out makes it look very simple to...
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....
August 19, 2012
WRONG!!!! 85% of women who suffer Fragility Fractures have “Osteopenia”. Close to 90% of men. How can this be? “Osteopenia” is NOT a Diagnosis. Unfortunately, most people do not...