I'm so happy that my fellow expert on this site has written about osteopenia and osteoporosis, and enlightened me about the drugs being touted. Sandy Greenquist's post from 1/12 shows how words from an ad agency can mislead doctors, clinicians and smart women like you and me.
I worry about osteoporosis, since I have been diagnosed with its precursor, osteopenia. It's a silent disease; you simply cannot know if you have it or if you are making it better or worse. I have confessed here before...
In 1994, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined the term osteopenia. Before 1994 this medical term did not exist and many people... Read more »
So, you’ve been diagnosed with osteopenia. Your doctor recommends a bisphosphonate – say, Fosamax. But you’ve read some pretty awful... Read more »
Words like "cancer", "fire", and "taxes", evoke feelings of fear and anxiety in many people. Even a word like "osteopenia" can produce a... Read more »
For many who take the diligent step of undergoing a bone densitometry scan to learn about the status of their bone health, the test can... Read more »
"Nitroglycerin applied topically increases bone formation and reduces bone resorption in women with osteopenia, and it might prove to be an... Read more »
Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow revealed this week that she has osteopenia at the age of 37. The revelation by the actress has many experts wondering... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Neonatal rickets; Brittle bones - premature infants; Weak bones - premature infants; Osteopenia of prematurityDefinitionOsteopenia is a decrease in... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new dosage of the osteoporosis drug Reclast. The new dose, which is one injection over two... Read more »
A new diagnostic tool from the World Health Organization (WHO) called FRAX is drawing fire from some critics. They say that the tool is faulty... Read more »
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