March 19, 2013
The vertebrae (bones in the spine) can gradually crumble or suddenly crunch. The resulting minor ache is often mistaken for arthritis or a pulled muscle. Gradual crumbles are “morphometric” (detected by x-ray)...
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...
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...
March 3, 2013
What setting is most successful at evaluating Osteoporosis and initiating therapy? Fracture Clinics are the winner again in a new study published in Osteoporosis International. That is why I spent 2...
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...
November 18, 2012
Recently I had a patient whose spine had lost 10% of its Bone Mineral Density (BMD) since her last DXA. She has lost height in the last year. She has...
October 31, 2012
Today I taught the Nurse Practitioner class at Allen College. Their Bone Health – Osteoporosis section included 3 hours of classroom lecture and discussion. We also spent an hour teaching...
October 14, 2012
I am attending the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2012 annual meeting. This is actually a major international meeting with about half of the presentations from Asia and...
October 9, 2012
I was recently in Prague, Berlin, and other points along the Elbe. Walking throughout the old cities of Europe is a way of life. Many have pedestrian districts where cars...