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PJ Hamel

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posted 07/10/2009, comments (0)

Bone-Building 101: Taking Calcium the RIGHT Way

You’re cruising this Web site because you have osteoporosis. Or osteopenia. Or you’re getting older, and you’re afraid you might be in danger of developing osteoporosis. Good assumption: according to the National Institutes of Health, osteoporosis is “a major public health threat” for 44 million Americans. Half of all... Read more Chevron

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Pam Flores

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posted 07/07/2009, comments (10)

OsteoporosisConnections Question of the Week

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Pam Flores and I'm the Community Leader here at HealthCentrals OsteoporosisConnection.com. I also write SharePosts on osteoporosis and answer your questions on our Ask a Question forum. We would like to introduce a new feature here called Question of the... Read more Chevron

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phyllis

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posted 07/05/2009, comments (10)

Strontium citrate, my story...

Hello everyone, Pam has been asking me to create a sharepost on strontium citrate and for the longest time i thought "what can i share that is different from what can be read in any number of places on the web?" Well, now i do have something to share, my experience with it for almost three years. When i was first dx with... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/27/2009, comments (0)

What Is A Fragility Fracture?

According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, a fragility fracture is any fall from a standing height or less, that results in a fracture. Our bodies should be able to sustain a fall from this height, without a fracture, unless there is some underlying cause to suspect a bone disorder, like osteoporosis or osteopenia that weakens our bone... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/22/2009, comments (0)

Our "Fallen" Leaders, Clinton and Sotomayor: Victims of Osteoporosis?

From the Los Angeles Times’ blogger Andrew Malcolm, in a blogpost from last Wednesday:"Being a New York woman in the Obama administration seems like a dangerous thing to be these days."First, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle in a fall en route to Washington from New York."Now, former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who's... Read more Chevron

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