June 7, 2015
Friday, the University of Wisconsin “The Bare Bones of Osteoporosis Care” Symposium had a lot of practical information. This included: John Belizekian, MD summarized the latest research on HyperParathyroidism. While most...
March 29, 2015
Several patients have called us in panic because their friends told them that HyperParathyroidism means Surgery. We reassured them that Surgery is almost never needed in HyperParathyroidism. But we do...
January 30, 2014
Tertiary HyperParaThyroidism is becoming common among older individuals. Or maybe we are just beginning to notice what it really is. The blood tests are the same as Primary HyperParaThyroidism – high...
January 20, 2014
Secondary HyperParaThyroidism is the result of the ParaThyroid glands doing their job. Their job is to keep the calcium in the blood “just right”. Too often this requires stealing calcium...
January 17, 2014
High ParaThyroid Hormone (PTH) levels take Calcium out of your Bones. This is good as an occasional event to cover short periods of low calcium intake. Bones store calcium for...
January 10, 2014
Several years ago researchers discovered that women with breast cancer had much lower blood levels of Vitamin D than women without breast cancer. Another study showed that, among women being...
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...
July 8, 2013
CMP is “Complete Metabolic Profile”. The tests in a CMP can be key to bone health. We’ll start with Serum Calcium (calcium in the blood). Bones store Calcium for...
October 5, 2012
A fragility fracture is a fracture which happens from minor trauma. A stress fracture happens from repeated normal daily activities, like walking or going up or down stairs. This is...
February 14, 2012
Valentine’s Day is Heart Day. But did you know that Vitamin D is good for your heart? I didn’t until my cardiologist gave me a “state of the art” paper from...