November 21, 2011
Getting enough Calcium, Vitamin D, and other nutrients is tough enough when you have normal bowels. Crohn’s, Colitis, IBS, Celiac, Bariatric Surgery for Weight Loss, and other bowel problems make...
November 18, 2011
Breast Cancer is bad enough without further worries. Unfortunately, the newest and best anti-cancer treatments can result in a rapid advance of Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures. Fortunately, acting to prevent...
November 3, 2011
Risks. They are all around us. But how often do bad things actually happen? That is important to know so that you can try to avoid the likely bad things. Tomorrow...
October 24, 2011
I recently noticed that a friend seems to be Shrinking! She is not as tall as she used to be. When I mentioned it, she said that her kids had...
October 22, 2011
Nurse Practitioners need to know how to Screen for and Prevent Osteoporosis. This past week I taught both the lecture and lab sections at Allen College. The lab covered DXA, VFA,...
October 8, 2011
Yesterday Iowa set a new world record for the most people simultaneously exercising. 291,000 Iowans walked for at least a kilometer over the noon hour on Friday. The theme was...
September 29, 2011
A reader writes: “I am 74 female in general good health. I have taken Fosamax and it’s generic for 13 years and have -4 in spine and advancing ostopenia in...
September 28, 2011
I learned many new details about Osteoporosis prevention and treatment last week at the American Society for Bone & Mineral Research annual conference. I was also one of the teachers.
September 17, 2011
Osteoclasts are the cells that eat away bone. Osteoclasts are normally kept under control by Estrogen in women and Testosterone in men. Women lose Estrogen suddenly at Menopause. Men lose Testosterone...
August 11, 2011
Returning from vacation, I saw a patient today who was losing bone density despite proper medication. This puzzled me until we dug deeper. She says she has been taking her osteoporosis...