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Heart Disease and Osteoporosis Have Common Link!

February is National Heart Awareness Month, so we'd like to tell you about the connection between heart disease and bone loss.   If you have heart disease you've probably had many chest x-rays to monitor your heart, and sometimes during these tests compression fractures of the spine are found.   New studies show that there is a... Read moreChevron
posted 02/14/2012, comment (1)|
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Three New Year’s Resolutions for Healthy Bones

Osteoporosis is a disease. It’s also a fear; a marketing vehicle for drug companies; and widely misunderstood. This New Year’s Day message is addressed to women without known bone loss; women with slight bone loss (i.e., osteopenia); and women with significant bone loss: osteoporosis. In other words – all women.New Year’s... Read moreChevron
posted 01/01/2012, comment (1)|
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Vitamin D: Does Megadosing Help?

Vitamin D has been touted of late as helping prevent everything from osteoporosis (it does), to cancer (it might), to cardiovascular disease (the jury’s out). With its newfound fame, vitamin D has engendered a group of followers claiming “more is better” – why limit yourself to the recommended 600 IU daily, when 10,000 IU... Read moreChevron
posted 08/23/2011, comment (1)|
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What is Brittle Bone Syndrome?

Best-selling author Jodi Picoult’s 2009 novel, Handle with Care, tells the story of Willow, born with a condition that will cause multiple broken bones as she grows – and ensure a lifetime of pain. According to Picoult’s Web site, “Handle With Care explores the knotty tangle of medical ethics and personal morality. When... Read moreChevron
posted 05/23/2011, comments (0)|
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Pain Medications Can Weaken Bones

You might know someone who is dependent on pain pills. With so many people relying on medications to control chronic painful conditions, everyone should know about the potential long term consequences caused by these medications. Most know about the tendency for anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen to cause bleeding stomach ulcers. Some... Read moreChevron
posted 05/23/2011, comments (2)|
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