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PJ Hamel

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Choose Your Resolution: 10 Ways To Help Your Bones

January 1, 2009. How lame is it to make New Year’s resolutions today?I mean, you’re a pretty special person if you can actually remember one single New Year’s Day when you resolved to do something, and then actually did it. Be it lose weight (probably America’s most-often proposed, and least-often kept resolution); quitting... Read more Chevron

posted 12/28/2008, comments (2)|

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Walking The T-Score Tightrope

Can I tell you something? I’m bummed. Totally bummed. I got the results of my DEXA scan recently, and despite the ramped up exercise, the mega-doses of vitamin D and calcium, my darned T scores are continuing to drift inexorably downwards, like snow from a leaden winter sky. And, like the snow, I find those downward-drifting T-scores... Read more Chevron

posted 12/18/2008, comments (4)|

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Having A DEXA Scan? Start Here

Bone density: How thick/heavy/tightly packed with minerals your bones are. The more tightly packed—the denser your bones—the stronger they are, and the less likely to break. When bone density falls below a certain level, you have osteoporosis.DEXA scan: Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, the most common, and one of the most accurate... Read more Chevron

posted 11/23/2008, comments (4)|

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Pam Flores

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New Forteo Delivery Device

Eli Lily has released a new pen (delivery device) with updated and easier to use design and user steps. I recently received a letter from Eli Lily announcing the release of this new delivery device for injecting Forteo®--even though I had finished my two year treatment with it--I was excited to read about the changes that were made in... Read more Chevron

posted 11/18/2008, comments (2)|

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Fosteum: A Natural Treatment for Osteoporosis?

Some of us can't take bisphosphonates, hormone replacement therapy, Forteo, Evista, or Calcitonin for the treatment of osteoporosis, so fosteum may be a solution. What is Fosteum? Fosteum is a medicinal food for the dietary management of osteopenia and osteoporosis. Fosteum ingredients are: zinc, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)... Read more Chevron

posted 11/04/2008, comments (14)|

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