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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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Should We Treat Osteopenia?

According to the World Health Organization and the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteopenia is not a disease; until 1990 this word and condition didn't exist.   So where does this leave us, in our decision to treat osteopenia?   There are quite a few practitioners that feel treating this type of bone loss may be... Read moreChevron
posted 05/31/2011, comments (4)|
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Osteopenia: Do You REALLY Need the Drugs?

So, you’ve been diagnosed with osteopenia. Your doctor recommends a bisphosphonate – say, Fosamax. But you’ve read some pretty awful things about it. From the rigid schedule for taking a bisphosphonate, to the heartburn, diarrhea, and nausea that may accompany it, to the awful possibility that it may dissolve your jaw…... Read moreChevron
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I’m Tired of Drugs… Deciding to End Osteopenia Treatment

I’m sitting in a hotel room in Chicago. I’ve spent the past 4 days traveling on business: a hectic go-go-go of planes, trains, heavy suitcases, and work, all of which has left me exhausted. I have 3 hours before I leave for my flight home. Looking out the window, I see a gorgeous Midwestern spring day: temperatures in the 50s, the... Read moreChevron
posted 03/22/2010, comments (5)|
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Osteopenia Treatment – Not Worth The Risk and Expense?

Have you been diagnosed with osteopenia? If so, you may very well be taking drugs to head off what you believe is the inexorable slide into osteoporosis. Maybe you’re on Boniva, or Fosamax, or Actonel to keep that T-score from dropping. After all, by preventing further bone loss, you’re protecting yourself from a broken hip and painful... Read moreChevron
posted 11/24/2009, comments (3)|
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