March 5, 2011
Traditional foods high in Vitamin D include oily fish, seal blubber and cod liver oil. None of these are common in the American diet today. It is becoming much harder...
March 4, 2011
Speaking to groups about Osteoporosis is always interesting. Different persons have different questions. This week I spoke to a PEO chapter (a women-only “sorority”). One of the members was very...
February 28, 2011
A little vitamin D is added to milk. Drinking 3 glasses of milk daily nearly meets the old standard of 400 IU daily, but 16 glasses of milk – a...
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 21, 2011
Forteo (Teriparatide) is the only Anabolic osteoporosis medication in the USA. It acts by directly stimulating the Osteoblast cells that make new bone matrix. It is the only type of osteoporosis...
February 19, 2011
Anabolic medications directly stimulate the OsteoBlast cells that build new bone matrix. Anabolics work by increasing new bone formation faster than the OsteoClast cells can eat away the old bone. ...
February 15, 2011
The only way to be certain that you do not have a Vitamin D deficiency is to test for 25-hydroxy Vitamin D level. This is a blood test. The test...
February 14, 2011
Prolia (Denosumab) is the newest type of Antiresorptive medication for Osteoporosis. Like the other Antiresorptive medications, Prolia slows down the cells that eat away bone, but in a different way. ...
February 12, 2011
Bisphosphonates are by far the most common and best known Antiresorptive medications for osteoporosis. Over 90% of persons taking Osteoporosis medication are taking Bisphosphonates. You can take them as pills...
February 11, 2011
Bisphosphonates are by far the most common and best known Antiresorptive medications for osteoporosis. Over 90% of persons taking Osteoporosis medication are taking Bisphosphonates. Fosamax, generic Alendronate, Actonel, Boniva, Reclast...