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....
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...
October 1, 2012
The FDA has approved Prolia for men with osteoporosis, who are “at high risk for fracture”. This affects a sizeable number of men. High fracture risk includes men with crumbling...
August 19, 2012
WRONG!!!! 85% of women who suffer Fragility Fractures have “Osteopenia”. Close to 90% of men. How can this be? “Osteopenia” is NOT a Diagnosis. Unfortunately, most people do not...
June 8, 2012
My patient desperately wants to avoid taking medication for her worsening osteoporosis. She considers medications to be unnatural. She has already maintained her 25-hydroxy Vitamin D level above 40 ng/mL...
March 29, 2012
Fragility Fractures are fractures caused by osteoporosis. Fragility Fractures cost an enormous amount of money. They also cause pain, suffering, disability, nursing home stays, and death. The estimated total cost of...
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...
January 12, 2012
A reader asked “Why do I keep breaking?” If you do have more than one Fragility Fracture, you certainly need to find out why! Every Fracture that you have increases...
January 9, 2012
You know that Smoking can cause Lung Cancer, Asthma, Emphysema, and COPD. Smoking also increases the Risk of Fractures, the Risk of Fractures Not Healing, and the Risk of Osteoporosis. ...
December 13, 2011
Maybe you can get 2 beneficial effects with only 1 medication! Some women can with Evista (Raloxifene). Are you one of those women? If you are at High Risk for...