I came across a fascinating statistic in an otherwise bad news article from Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=auKPjdGB8wNs&refer=us The piece describes how U.S. health care costs are skyrocketing, to a great extent because of bad behavior on our part (obesity, smoking and the like). In contrast, our... Read more
I had mixed feelings when I spotted this piece about sending bone specimens into space to research the effects of zero-gravity on bone health. While the research is undeniably fascinating and could prove to be helpful to astronauts who endure long periods of time in weightlessness, I am skeptical whether this study will have much practical... Read more
The FDA can have some confusing or even convoluted procedures, but it has nothing on the Chinese government, which just declared a traditional remedy that fights osteoporosis to be a "trade secret." I came across this interesting article on the subject --http://www.pharmasianews.com/2007/08/trade-secret-st.html -- but it included... Read more
I was just learning a bit about a relatively new procedure to correct vertebral fractures called vertebroplasty. It's an outpatient procedure that essentially cements the broken bones of the spinal column back together. Although it's been practiced in U.S. for more than 10 years, it recently seems to be gaining traction and I was... Read more
Have you heard about the scale you step on that vibrates your body and supposedly prevents osteoporosis? It's called Dynamic Motion Therapy and I just saw an article about it at http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10386.aspx . To be sure I'm a bit skeptical, though I would love to be proven wrong by rigorous medical... Read more
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