May 30, 2014
Patients who have already fractured may need osteoporosis medications. Adding fractures to a low BMD or T-score on DXA makes the Clinical Osteoporosis more severe and increases Fracture Risk. This...
March 3, 2014
You can Prevent Fractures by being a stork for 5 minutes every day. How? you ask. Take Control Naturally with an exercise that improves balance and strength in your ankle...
February 13, 2014
Several patients in the last month have decided not to take the “unnatural” risk of taking medication for their Postmenopausal Osteoporosis. They have been scared by the media emphasis on...
January 23, 2014
Again we have a patient whose Spine BMD has dropped despite good osteoporosis medication. She takes 500 mg Calcium at breakfast and at supper. She remembers that you can only absorb...
October 8, 2013
The American Society for Bone & Mineral Research 35th Annual Meeting has just concluded. Of the roughly 2000 attendees, nearly half were form other countries. Most are PhD researchers dealing...
September 30, 2013
A Hip Fracture over age 70 is Very Bad. About 20% of women and over 30% of men die from their hip fracture. Some consider these to be the lucky ones....
July 30, 2013
A patient recently reported that she experienced insomnia “complications” after starting her osteoporosis medication. She found people on the internet who had experienced the same problem after taking this medication. ...
June 8, 2013
A good question from a woman who had brought her mother in for treatment of osteoporosis with complications. I answered, “when you are as old as she is”, pointing 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....
December 29, 2012
A reader has asked about bone cancer and Forteo. Osteosarcoma is a rare bone cancer. Lilly has endowed a 15-year independent study (suggested by the FDA) of all Osteosarcoma patients in...