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Pam Flores

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May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month!

May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month and we'd like to help you with this topic, so you'll know as much as you can when dealing with newly diagnosed bone loss, or if you just want to take preventative measures, early, to avert this from happening to you or a loved one.   This month our writers Dr. Christina Lasich, PJ Hamel and myself will be... Read moreChevron
posted 05/06/2011, comments (2)|
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Christina Lasich, MD

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Calcium Supplements Questionably Linked to Heart Disease

Rumors keep resurfacing about a questionable link between calcium supplementation and heart disease. Just the other day an older woman asked me if it was still O.K. for her to take calcium because she had heard that calcium was "bad for women". Hearing about such a rumor nearly caused my eyes to pop out of my head. I could only answer, "I have not... Read moreChevron
posted 04/28/2011, comments (4)|
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A Novel Use for Nitroglycerin: Osteopenia and Osteoporosis Treatment!

"Nitroglycerin applied topically increases bone formation and reduces bone resorption in women with osteopenia, and it might prove to be an effective and inexpensive agent to prevent osteoporosis, according to the results of a 2-year randomized controlled trial presented here at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2010 Annual... Read moreChevron
posted 02/14/2011, comments (4)|
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Christina Lasich, MD

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Alternative Treatments for the Pain Associated with Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis can cause pain. Bone fractures are painful and some say that osteoporosis alone can be painful in some people. The two primary mechanisms for pain in osteoporosis are inflammation within the bone and nerve sensitivity around the bone. Both common themes, inflammation and nerve sensitivity, are found in many types of painful... Read moreChevron
posted 12/29/2010, comment (1)|
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Osteoporosis Medications

  You've just found out you have bone loss.  You've had a DXA scan, and your physician says you have osteopenia or osteoporosis, based on your DXA score.  What should you do next?  You're trying to figure out what's the best course of action and how to remain calm, which is hard to do since you're probably very shocked that... Read moreChevron
posted 11/05/2010, comments (2)|
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