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PJ Hamel

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posted 08/23/2009, comments (8)

Step By Step – The Osteoporosis Diagnosis

What’s usually the first symptom of osteoporosis?A broken bone.Sadly, most of us don’t realize we have osteoporosis (let alone its precursor, osteopenia) till we actually suffer a fracture. If we’re “lucky,” it’s something simple, like an ankle (Sonia Sotomayor) or elbow (Hillary Clinton). More devastating,... 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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posted 11/23/2008, comments (0)

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

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Neil Gonter, MD

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posted 11/21/2008, comments (0)

How Do I Know If My Osteoporosis Treatment is Working? The Role of Bone Markers

Reader Question: My doctor who has been treating me for osteoporosis told me that I should stop taking my medicine because my ‘bone markers' were low. What does this mean? I am scared to go off my medicines. What is this test? After the diagnosis of osteoporosis is made and one begins therapy, it is often difficult to determine if the... Read more Chevron

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Gina Barrett

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posted 06/08/2008, comment (1)

DEXA scans- when should they be performed?

I am, by profession, a Rad Tech, and I run the DEXA screening unit at the hospital where I work. I am curious to get feed back from other professionals in my field as to certain points. I live and work in Cyprus, which is on the development roll in the health services, where, previous to our two new, relatively up to date hospitals in two major... Read more Chevron

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