NOF Tip for 12 May – Safe Movement Brochure

Knowing how to move safely avoids unnecessary risks for falls and fractures.  That can improve your life.  Avoid unnecessary risks. NOF publication https://www.nof.org/wp-content/uploads/Safe-Movement-Brochure-COMBINED.pdf details proper bending, lifting, etc. This brochure...

NOF Tip for 10 May – Osteoporosis Medications

Diet and exercise are not always enough to prevent fractures.  Medications are needed if you are fracturing or BMD is falling despite your best efforts. We have many posts about when...

NOF Tip for 3 May – Calcium

Calcium is crucial for bone health.  I have many blogs dealing with calcium.  Click the Calcium category to your left to see them all. NOF has a video about calcium...

Treat to Target #4 – TBS

Our goal is NO NEW FRACTURES.  Cancellous (spongy, like the ends of the drumstick) bone should be a strong latticework of struts called trabeculi.  Clinical Osteoporosis, an increased fracture risk,...

Wisconsin “Bare Bones” 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...

ISCD 2015

Driving to Chicago in February was cold and snowing.  But it was hot indoors at the ISCD (International Society for Clinical Densitometry) Annual Meeting and Position Development Conference (PDC). While...

Not Just DXA – Fracture Risk !!

DXA is very good at determining Bone Mineral Density (BMD), provided you look at the images and over-read the computer.  DXA alone is less good at predicting Fracture Risk.  But,...