In the past, the answer to this questions -- how and whether to treat osteopenia -- was not clear. There were previous recommendations to treat this condition at this bone density reading, if osteopenia was present ‘with risk factors." However, this recommendation was unclear as...
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... 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 »
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... Read more »
Reader's Question 1: I am 60 years old and recently went for a chest x-ray. While the lung fields were clear, the radiologist discovered... Read more »
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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 »
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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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